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Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: da‧pat
- IPA(key): /ˈdapat/,
Adjective
dápat
- necessary
- Synonym: kaipohan
Verb
dápat
- (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
- eligible
- 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
- 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
- (informal) to get, to receive
- Synonyms: menerima, memperoleh
- to be found
- Synonym: ditemukan
- to be successful
- Synonym: berhasil
Conjugation
Derived terms
Further reading
Malay
Pronunciation
Verb
dapat (Jawi spelling داڤت)
- can, be able to
- Synonyms: mampu, boleh
Kerajaan tidak dapat menurunkan harga beras.- The government is not able to lower the price of rice.
- to get, to receive
Aku tak dapat pun duit hadiah!- I didn't get any prize money!
- 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.
- 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.
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
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Further reading
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Compare Hiligaynon dapat and Malay dapat.
Pronunciation
Verb
dapat (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜉᜆ᜔)
- (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)
- that which is right; that which is proper
- Synonym: nararapat
Adjective
dapat (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜉᜆ᜔)
- right; fitting; appropriate
- Synonyms: tumpak, tama
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “dapat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018