mayroon

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• mayron, mayro'n
• mayruon
• meron — informal
• mer-on, mir-on — colloquial, dialectal, Batangas, western Marinduque

Etymology

From univerbation of may (“be; have”) +‎ roon (“there”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /majɾoˈʔon/ [maɪ̯.ɾoˈʔon̪], (relaxed) /majˈɾon/ [maɪ̯ˈɾon̪], (colloquial) /ˈmeɾon/ [ˈmɛː.ɾon̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: may‧ro‧on, may‧roon

Verb

mayroón (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜌ᜔ᜇᜓᜂᜈ᜔)

1. (pseudoverb) there be; there is; there are; to have

   Synonym: may

Adjective

mayroón (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜌ᜔ᜇᜓᜂᜈ᜔)

1. has; possessed; owned

   Synonym: taglay

2. (colloquial) undergoing menstruation (of a woman)
3. (colloquial) rich; affluent; well-to-do

   Synonym: maykaya

Derived terms

• magkamayroon

 

Further reading

• “mayroon”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “mayroon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 705