From root: alimango
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
nag-alimango
nag-a-li-MA-ngo
ate mud crab
Present (Incomplete)
nag-a-alimango
nag-a-a-li-MA-ngo
eating mud crab
Future (Contemplated)
mag-a-alimango
mag-a-a-li-MA-ngo
will eat mud crab
Usage Note
Mag-alimango is used to specify the act of eating mud crabs as a main activity or meal, often in the context of a feast or a seafood-centric gathering. While descriptive, speakers more frequently use the general phrase 'kumain ng alimango' in everyday conversation.
Examples
" Mag-alimango tayo sa tabing-dagat. "
Natural Translation
Let's eat mud crabs by the beach.
Literal Translation
Eat-mud-crab we at beach.
" Masarap mag-alimango sa dagat. "
Natural Translation
It is delicious to eat mud crabs by the sea.
Literal Translation
Delicious to-eat-mud-crab in sea.
" Kapag tag-ani sa amin, nag-aalimango ang buong pamilya hanggang sa mapuno ng balat ng alimango ang mesa. "
Natural Translation
When it is harvest season in our place, the whole family feasts on mud crabs until the table is covered with crab shells.
Literal Translation
When harvest-season at us, eating-mud-crab the whole family until covered with shell of mud-crab the table.
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