I was wondering if there is such a word as makababae, perhaps me

I have not heard the word used, but it can be a valid word as it would make sense. The"maka-" prefix can mean a supporter/adherent/pro-/advocate. So "makababa" could mean someone who is pro-women or a feminist.These are some valid words we use:
makabayan = patriotic
makatao = humane, promoting human welfare
maka-Diyós = godly, devout, pious
maka-Marcos = a Marcos supporter/followerThe first two words are unhyphenated. I have a feeling though that your word might need a hyphen maka-babae as it would convey a meaning, i.e., "supporter/follower", similar to saying "maka-Biden", "maka-Trump", "maka-Harris", etc..

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Makababae means feminine . Halimbawa : malakas makababae ang filter na ito.Anlakas makababae neto, sobrang bango nya pa(pabango ang pinaguusapan).

@PinoyTaj I'm not clear about how you arrived at that translation of "makababae" to "feminine". "Makatao" is an adjective and "maka-babae" is a noun. Are you using "feminine" as a noun also or as a modifier? Could it instead be representing another part of speech in that sentence? As is, "Ang lakas" there could mean either a noun, "the strength -> the feminine strength?" or the "ang" functions as an intensifier, "how strong/strongly -> how strongly feminine". How would you translate the 2 sentences you gave into English?For the learners, the standard way to write and express the second sentence is - Ang lakas makababae nito, sobra pa ang bango niya.

@Juantutri bro that's how it's used by natives I can post evidence here , why would I lie . I hear women use this phrase all the time.(Ang) lakas makababaeMalakas makababae Etc

Stop trying to translate it, it makes perfect sense in Tagalog lol.

No one uses makababae in the way you stated it , it's makababae and maka-chic(taglish). It means Feminine or Girly. LmaoYou could take it a step forward and use effeminate

@PinoyTaj Yes, as a native Tagalog speaker, I can understand what those phrases/sentences mean. However, what I asked you was how you ended up translating "makababae" to "feminine" because, again, as a native Tagalog speaker, I could not see how that came about. So, with all the other examples that you gave, I am now informing you that they were using it as a VERB. It's used in a non-standard way, but based on context and as native Tagalog speakers, we can figure out what it means. Now, since you think that "feminine" or "effeminate" is a verb, and neither can you even translate Tagalog words into proper English, then I see no logic in arguing the matter with you any further.In closing, may I strongly suggest that since you are not a native speaker of Tagalog and that apparently you can't even understand Tagalog correctly, that you don't give answers to questions here in the Forum unless you begin your comments with a very clear caveat that you are not a native Tagalog speaker and that you have no idea if the answers you proffer are even correct. That way you don't mislead the learners, and you don't go against the noble intentions of this site. We would be very grateful to you for making our lives a lot easier.

@Juantutri Like I said before you're too focused on translation to get my point.

@Juantutri You're misleading people , you literally said you've never heard the word before and now all the sudden you're an expert on the word.

@PinoyTaj
Let's try to keep it civil. @Juantutri is a native, lifelong speaker of the language, so his opinion here is legit. He's not "misleading" people if he has a revised opinion on the word after seeing your examples in context.

Makababae- feminine, girly , something for women , it's a descriptive word more so than a verb that's why we shouldn't rely on translation too much . I usually see it when people are describing products they want to sell. As a verb to make you more feminine*. So the word the word is based around the idea of femininity. Lakas makababae - make more feminine, strengthen feminine traits , increase femininity.I've also heard it used "makababae ka naman"(Just to add on).

@jkos This is just to put things into perspective.At the onset, I know that the word "makababae" exists, but it is a verb. However, my understanding of the original question was about using the word in the same way as "makatao" is used. So, I said that I have not heard it used that way, but just the same, it would make sense if the intention is to mean a feminist or an adjective like "pro-women". I did not bring up the explanation of the verb "makababae" since I thought it would be irrelevant to the question and would have very limited practical use anyway. The verb is used with reference to the gender of a child expected to be born. The expecting parents, who have only had male progenies earlier, might say something like, "Sana makababae naman kami/tayo sa susunod (Hopefully, we'd have a daughter next time)". So, "makababae" is used to wishfully mean "to give birth to a female child". Since being female or feminine is only possible by birth, I later said that to use "makababae" to mean to become feminine or effeminate, as was done in TikTok, is non-standard since that is no longer possible beyond birth.There is a Filipino word for "feminine". It is "pambabae". "Mga damit na pambabae" = Clothes for women = Feminine attires.There is also a Filipino term for "effeminate" "malababae" or "parang babae". "Malababae/Parang babae kung kumilos si Jack. = Jack behaves effeminately.

Hence, when PinoyTaj said that "makababae" means "feminine", I knew that he got it wrong. However, based on my past encounters with him, I also know that he resents being corrected despite the fact that he is not a native speaker of Tagalog. So, I tried to let him see for himself what the problem was with his conclusion by making him think in terms of parts of speech, and should that fail, by asking him to translate the sentences into English. Had he done so, and I believe that he did, he would have realized that he could not translate the sentences into English had he simply used "feminine" as the translation of "makababae". Unfortunately, his reaction was again to instead boldly insist on his being correct and me being in the wrong, and this time by using, of all available sources of correct information about the meaning of Tagalog words, Tiktok.And the rest is history.