Word.ws English Dictionary

abandon in Tagalog

pabayaan

UK/əˈbæn.dən/

More pronunciations (1)Fewer pronunciations

British/əˈban.dən/

abandon in Tagalog: pabayaan, iwanan. In English, abandon means to give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.

Tagalog words for abandon

to leave behind or desert; to forsake
pabayaan, iwanan

English meaning of abandon

  1. verb To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.
  2. verb To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue.
  3. verb To leave behind; to desert, as in a ship, a position, or a person, typically in response to overwhelming odds or impending dangers; to forsake, in spite of a duty or responsibility.
  4. verb To subdue; to take control of.

Full definition of abandon

abandon in a sentence

  • Many baby girls have been abandoned on the streets of Beijing.
  • He was abandoned on the island with no one to help him.
  • She abandoned her husband for a new man.

Synonyms of abandon

All synonyms of abandon

abandon in other languages

Questions about abandon in Tagalog

What is the meaning of abandon in Tagalog?
Abandon in Tagalog is pabayaan, iwanan.
Ano ang abandon sa Tagalog?
Abandon: pabayaan, iwanan.
What does abandon mean in English?
Abandon means to give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: abandon (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tagalog words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: en-us-abandon.ogg, en-ca-abandon.ogg.

Cite this page: “abandon meaning in Tagalog.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/tagalog/abandon. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.