From root: tulog
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
pinatulog
pi-na-tu-LOG
put to sleep
Present (Incomplete)
pinatutulog
pi-na-tu-tu-LOG
putting to sleep
Future (Contemplated)
patutulugin
pa-tu-tu-lu-GIN
will put to sleep
Usage Note
Patulugin is used when one intends to make another person, typically a child or an infant, fall asleep through rocking, singing, or other soothing actions. It can also be used in medical contexts when referring to inducing sleep or sedation in a patient.
Examples
" Patulugin mo ang bata. "
Natural Translation
Put the child to sleep.
Literal Translation
Put-to-sleep you the child.
" Kailangan mong patulugin ang baby. "
Natural Translation
You need to put the baby to sleep.
Literal Translation
Need you put-to-sleep the baby.
" Mahirap patulugin ang sanggol kapag maingay ang mga kapitbahay namin sa gabi. "
Natural Translation
It's hard to put the baby to sleep when our neighbors are noisy at night.
Literal Translation
Hard put-to-sleep the baby when noisy the plural neighbors our at night.
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
tulog has 7 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.
Is Tagalog Hard to Learn? An Honest Answer
Tagalog takes around 1,100 hours to reach professional proficiency. Here is what is easy, what is hard, and what to expect at 3, 6, and 12 months.
Tagalog Time Expressions: Past, Present & Future Guide
Tagalog has no tenses — it uses aspect. Learn time words, days of the week, clock time, and the aspect system, with vocabulary tables and cultural notes.
Ng vs Nang in Tagalog: The Spelling Rule
Ng vs nang sound identical but spell differently. Use ng to mark nouns (of, the object), and nang for how, when, repetition, and counting time.
Po and Opo in Tagalog: Where to Put Them Right
Po and opo confuse learners — but placement follows one rule. Where po goes in a sentence, why it's opo not 'oo po', and the pronoun shift to learn.