mayroon

Tagalog

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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, 2025
• “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