Word.ws English Dictionary

manhood in Tagalog

pagkalalaki

/ˈmænhʊd/

manhood in Tagalog: pagkalalaki, kalalakihan. In English, manhood means the state or condition of being a human being.

Tagalog words for manhood

state of being a man
pagkalalaki
men as a group
kalalakihan
euphemism of male genitalia
pagkalalaki

English meaning of manhood

  1. noun The state or condition of being a human being.
  2. noun The state or condition of being a man, as contrasted with being a boy, woman, girl, or nonbinary.
  3. noun All of the men of a given place, area, or any human subgroup (ethnicity, nation, race, religion, family, work crew or ship's crew, etc.) regarded collectively.
  4. noun The idealized nature of a man: all of the characteristics traditionally and ideally ascribed to manliness regarded collectively.

Full definition of manhood

manhood in a sentence

  • He feared the speedy decline of all manhood.
  • He was a strapping youth poised on the brink of manhood.
  • (exclusively and universally: only synonymous in cases for which women are excluded, and when the meaning of manhood is universal or worldwide)

Synonyms of manhood

All synonyms of manhood

manhood in other languages

Questions about manhood in Tagalog

What is the meaning of manhood in Tagalog?
Manhood in Tagalog is pagkalalaki, kalalakihan.
Ano ang manhood sa Tagalog?
Manhood: pagkalalaki, kalalakihan.
What does manhood mean in English?
Manhood means the state or condition of being a human being.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: manhood (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: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-manhood.wav.

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