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subukan

Filipino / Tagalog language translation for the meaning of the word subukan in the Tagalog Dictionary.

Definition for the Tagalog word subukan:


subukan  Play audio #9123
[verb] to try (experience) something; to give something a try; to test something; to detect something; to spy /watch something

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Verb conjugations of subukan:

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Root: subokConjugation Type: -An
Infinitive:
Completed (Past):
Uncompleted (Present):
Contemplated (Future):
Infinitive:
subukan  Play audio #9123
Completed (Past):
sinubukan  Play audio #19661
Uncompleted (Present):
sinúsubukan  Play audio #19662
Contemplated (Future):
súsubukan  Play audio #19663
Verb family:
subukan
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masubukan  |  
sumubok  |  
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Example Sentences Available Icon Subukan Example Sentences in Tagalog: (18)
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Sinubukan kong magpakamatáy.
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I tried to commit suicide. / I tried to kill myself.
Subukan mo itó.
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Try this.
Sinubukan mo bang tanungín si George?
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Have you tried asking George?
Sinubukan ko.
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I tried it.
Sinubukang magsaka ni Victor noóng mas ba siyá.
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Victor tried to cultivate a piece of land when he was younger.
Subukan mong ilarawan ang nakita mong imahe.
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Try to describe the image that you saw.
Subukan mong lumapit at kákasuhan kitá!
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Try to come near me and I will sue you!
Sinubukan ng koponán na umiskór sa hulíng dalawáng minuto.
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The team tried to score in the last two minutes.
Lumipat silá sa probínsiyá para subukang magsaka.
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They moved to the province to try their hand at farming.
Naáalala ni Dario ang páligsahang pampálakasan na sinubukan niyáng salihan noón.
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Dario remembers the athletic competition he tried to participate in back then.

User-submitted Example Sentences (26):
User-submitted example sentences from Tatoeba who have self reported as being fluent in Tagalog.
Sinubukan mo.
Tatoeba Sentence #5214291 Tatoeba user-submitted sentence
You tried.


Subukan natin!
Tatoeba Sentence #5214261 Tatoeba user-submitted sentence
Let's try!


Sinusubukan ko.
Tatoeba Sentence #5214293 Tatoeba user-submitted sentence
I try.


Sinubukan niya.
Tatoeba Sentence #4554832 Tatoeba user-submitted sentence
She tried.


Subukan mo ulit.
Tatoeba Sentence #4554730 Tatoeba user-submitted sentence
Try again.


Sinubukan namin.
Tatoeba Sentence #4489999 Tatoeba user-submitted sentence
We tried.


Subukan natin to.
Tatoeba Sentence #5299928 Tatoeba user-submitted sentence
Let's try something.


Sinubukan ni Tom.
Tatoeba Sentence #4560549 Tatoeba user-submitted sentence
Tom tried.


Subukan mong hanapin.
Tatoeba Sentence #3046934 Tatoeba user-submitted sentence
Try to find it.


Sinusubukan kong tandaan.
Tatoeba Sentence #1910435 Tatoeba user-submitted sentence
I'm trying to remember.


Sinubukan niyang magpakamatay.
Tatoeba Sentence #2911932 Tatoeba user-submitted sentence
She tried to commit suicide.


Sinubukan niyang magpakamatay.
Tatoeba Sentence #2911932 Tatoeba user-submitted sentence
He tried to kill himself.


Bakit mo sinusubukang tumakbo?
Tatoeba Sentence #1973160 Tatoeba user-submitted sentence
Why do you try to run away?


Makukuha mo kapag susubukan mo.
Tatoeba Sentence #3074547 Tatoeba user-submitted sentence
You'll succeed if you try.


Sinusubukan ni Tomas ang sapatos.
Tatoeba Sentence #1663221 Tatoeba user-submitted sentence
Tom is trying on shoes.


Sinusubukan nilang kontakin siya.
Tatoeba Sentence #2808611 Tatoeba user-submitted sentence
They're attempting to contact her.


Bakit ayaw mong subukan itong dilaw na sweater?
Tatoeba Sentence #1679379 Tatoeba user-submitted sentence
Why don't you try on this yellow sweater?


Sinubukan kong magsulat gamit ang kaliwang kamay.
Tatoeba Sentence #2940927 Tatoeba user-submitted sentence
I tried to write with my left hand.


Sinubukan naming maunawaan ang mga letra sa pader.
Tatoeba Sentence #1842357 Tatoeba user-submitted sentence
We tried to make out the letters written on the wall.


Sabik na niyang subukan ang surpbord na bago niya.
Tatoeba Sentence #1905672 Tatoeba user-submitted sentence
He couldn't wait to try out his new surfboard.


Sinubukan naming maunawaan ang mga letra sa dingding.
Tatoeba Sentence #1842355 Tatoeba user-submitted sentence
We tried to make out the letters written on the wall.


Susubukan kong huwag kang abalahin habang nag-aaral ka.
Tatoeba Sentence #5213846 Tatoeba user-submitted sentence
I will try not to disturb you while you are studying.


Susubukan kong huwag kang abalahin habang nag-aaral ka.
Tatoeba Sentence #5213846 Tatoeba user-submitted sentence
I'll try not to disturb you while you're studying.


Sinubukan niyang tahanin siya, pero nagpatuloy siya sa pag-iyak.
Tatoeba Sentence #2778655 Tatoeba user-submitted sentence
She tried to comfort him, but he kept crying.


Sinubukang dumiin si Tomas sa dyins na sinuot niya noong tineydyer pa siya.
Tatoeba Sentence #1936831 Tatoeba user-submitted sentence
Tom tried to squeeze into the jeans he had worn when he was a teenager.


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Alternate spelling(s):
subokan
Alternate spellings may include: abbreviations, informal spellings, slang, and/or commonly misspelled variations.


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How to pronounce subukan:

SUBUKAN AUDIO CLIP:
Play audio #9123
Markup Code:
[rec:9123]
Related Filipino Words:
subóksubokpagsuboksubukinsumubokmasubukanprobadopanunubokmanubokpurbado
Related English Words:
give a trytrygive something a trydetectdetectsdetecteddetectingtesttryteststestedtestingtriestriedtrying
Grammatical Ligature:
This word plus a grammatical ligature would be:
subukang
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