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porter in Tagalog

galaw

/ˈpɔːtə/US/ˈpɔɹtɚ/

porter in Tagalog: galaw. In English, porter means a person who carries luggage and related objects; (historically) one who carried luggage or did manual labour in the transloading of cargo.

Tagalog words for porter

person in control of a building entrance
galaw

English meaning of porter

  1. noun A person who carries luggage and related objects; (historically) one who carried luggage or did manual labour in the transloading of cargo.
  2. noun An ant having the specialized role of carrying.
  3. noun One who ports software (makes it usable on another platform).
  4. noun A person in control of the entrance to a building.

Full definition of porter

porter in a sentence

  • By the time I reached the train station I was exhausted, but fortunately there was a porter waiting.

porter in other languages

Questions about porter in Tagalog

What is the meaning of porter in Tagalog?
Porter in Tagalog is galaw.
Ano ang porter sa Tagalog?
Porter: galaw.
What does porter mean in English?
Porter means a person who carries luggage and related objects; (historically) one who carried luggage or did manual labour in the transloading of cargo.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: porter (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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