dapat

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Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: da‧pat
  • IPA(key): /ˈdapat/,

Adjective

dápat

  1. necessary
    Synonym: kaipohan

Verb

dápat

  1. (pseudo-verb) must; should; ought to
    Tadaw nagkakawat ka? Dapat nag-aadal ka ngunyan.
    Why are you playing? You should be studying by now.
    Dai ako dapat nagduman.
    I shouldn't have come.
    Dapat magduman ako.
    I should have come.
    Dapat sinabi mo an totoo.
    You should have told the truth.

Related terms

Hiligaynon

Adjective

dápat

  1. eligible
  2. appropriate, fit, proper

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay dapat, from Classical Malay dapat. Cognate of Hiligaynon dapat, Tagalog dapat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈda.pat/
  • Hyphenation: da‧pat

Adverb

dapat

  1. can, be able to
    Synonyms: bisa, mampu, sanggup
    Pemerintah tak dapat menurunkan harga beras.
    The government is not able to lower the rice price.

Verb

dapat

  1. (informal) to get, to receive
    Synonyms: menerima, memperoleh
  2. to be found
    Synonym: ditemukan
  3. to be successful
    Synonym: berhasil

Conjugation

Conjugation of dapat (meng-, intransitive)
Root dapat
Active Involuntary Passive Imperative Jussive
Active mendapat terdapat didapat dapat dapatlah
Locative mendapati terdapati didapati dapati dapatilah
Causative / Applicative1 mendapatkan terdapatkan didapatkan dapatkan dapatkanlah
Causative
Active memperdapat terperdapat diperdapat perdapat perdapatlah
Locative memperdapati terperdapati diperdapati perdapati perdapatilah
Causative / Applicative1 memperdapatkan terperdapatkan diperdapatkan perdapatkan perdapatkanlah
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Notes:
Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

Further reading

Malay

Pronunciation

Verb

dapat (Jawi spelling داڤت)

  1. can, be able to
    Synonyms: mampu, boleh
    Kerajaan tidak dapat menurunkan harga beras.
    The government is not able to lower the price of rice.
  2. to get, to receive
    Aku tak dapat pun duit hadiah!
    I didn't get any prize money!
  3. to find out; to find
    Kami telah mendapati bahawa sebenarnya semua orang bersalah di sini.
    We found out that actually, everyone is a fault here.
  4. to be successful
    Synonym: berjaya
    Kami dapat menangkap perompak itu sebelum dia larikan diri.
    We successfully caught the robber before he was able to run away.

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Further reading

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Hiligaynon dapat and Malay dapat.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: da‧pat
  • IPA(key): /ˈdapat/,
  • Rhymes: -apat

Verb

dapat (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜉᜆ᜔)

  1. (pseudoverb) must; should; ought to
    Bakit ka naglalaro? Dapat nag-aaral ka ngayon.
    Why are you playing? You should be studying now.
    Hindi ako dapat pumunta.
    I shouldn't have come.
    Dapat pumunta ako.
    I should have come.
    Dapat sinabi mo 'yung totoo.
    You should have told the truth.

Noun

dapat (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜉᜆ᜔)

  1. that which is right; that which is proper
    Synonym: nararapat

Adjective

dapat (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜉᜆ᜔)

  1. right; fitting; appropriate
    Synonyms: tumpak, tama

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • dapat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018