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folktale in Tagalog

kuwentong-bayan

/ˈfoʊkteɪl/

folktale in Tagalog: kuwentong-bayan. In English, folktale means a tale or story that is part of the oral tradition of a people or a place.

Tagalog words for folktale

story that is part of the oral tradition of a people
kuwentong-bayan

English meaning of folktale

  1. noun A tale or story that is part of the oral tradition of a people or a place.

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Questions about folktale in Tagalog

What is the meaning of folktale in Tagalog?
Folktale in Tagalog is kuwentong-bayan.
Ano ang folktale sa Tagalog?
Folktale: kuwentong-bayan.
What does folktale mean in English?
Folktale means a tale or story that is part of the oral tradition of a people or a place.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: folktale (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.

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