makipagkaibigan
to make friends with
From root: ibig
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
nakipagkaibigan
na-ki-pag-ka-i-BI-gan
made friends with
Present (Incomplete)
nakikipagkaibigan
na-ki-ki-pag-ka-i-BI-gan
making friends with
Future (Contemplated)
makikipagkaibigan
ma-ki-ki-pag-ka-i-BI-gan
will make friends with
Usage Note
Makipagkaibigan indicates a social effort to establish a friendship.
Examples
" Gusto kong makipagkaibigan sa iyo. "
Natural Translation
I want to be friends with you.
Literal Translation
Want I make-friends-with at you.
" Gusto niyang makipagkaibigan sa akin. "
Natural Translation
She wants to make friends with me.
Literal Translation
Want she make-friends-with at me.
" Sa unang araw ng klase, sinubukan ng bagong estudyante na makipagkaibigan sa mga katabi niya sa upuan. "
Natural Translation
On the first day of class, the new student tried to make friends with the people sitting next to him.
Literal Translation
On first day of class, tried by-the new student to make-friends-with the plural beside him in seat.
Take Tagalog with you
The full course, a 12,500-word dictionary, and flashcards that make every word stick — free to start on iOS and Android.
Tagalog builds thousands of words from a few hundred roots.
How Tagalog words workWord family
ibig has 8 related forms built from the same root.
Related Words
Explore Tagalog by topic
Free guides on grammar, vocabulary, and culture to take you past single-word lookups.
Tagalog Root Words: Learn a Few Hundred, Understand Thousands
Tagalog root words unlock vocabulary fast: learn a few hundred and recognize thousands. Real word families, examples, and a practical study strategy.
How to Say Sorry in Tagalog: Patawad vs Pasensya
How to say sorry in Tagalog: patawad, pasensya na, and paumanhin compared on a simple severity-and-formality ladder so you pick the right word every time.
Tagalog Greetings: How to Say Hello, Goodbye & Po/Opo
Master Tagalog greetings with pronunciation: kumusta, magandang umaga, po and opo polite forms, time-of-day phrases, and the mano po tradition.
Tagalog vs Filipino: What's the Difference & Which to Learn
Tagalog and Filipino aren't the same language — but they overlap almost completely. Here's the real difference and which one you should actually learn.