hug in Tagalog
yakap
/hʌɡ/
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Northern England/hʊɡ/
hug in Tagalog: yakap. In English, hug means a close embrace, especially when charged with an emotion such as affection, joy, relief, lust, anger, aggression, compassion, or the like, as opposed to being characterized by formality, equivocation or ambivalence (a half-embrace).
Tagalog words for hug
- affectionate embrace
- yakap
- to embrace
- yakap
English meaning of hug
- noun A close embrace, especially when charged with an emotion such as affection, joy, relief, lust, anger, aggression, compassion, or the like, as opposed to being characterized by formality, equivocation or ambivalence (a half-embrace).
- noun A particular grip in wrestling.
- verb To crouch; to huddle as with cold.
- verb To cling closely together.
hug in a sentence
- Billy hugged Danny until he felt better.
- They hugged for what seemed like an eternity.
- to hug the shore, to hug the coastline
Synonyms of hug
hug in other languages
Questions about hug in Tagalog
- What is the meaning of hug in Tagalog?
- Hug in Tagalog is yakap.
- Ano ang hug sa Tagalog?
- Hug: yakap.
- What does hug mean in English?
- Hug means a close embrace, especially when charged with an emotion such as affection, joy, relief, lust, anger, aggression, compassion, or the like, as opposed to being characterized by formality, equivocation or ambivalence (a half-embrace).
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hug (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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