From root: anghang
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
inanghangan
i-nang-ha-NGAN
made spicy
Present (Incomplete)
inaanghangan
i-na-ang-ha-NGAN
making spicy
Future (Contemplated)
aanghangan
a-ang-ha-NGAN
will make spicy
Usage Note
Anghangan is used when requesting or describing the act of adding more spice or chili to a specific dish. It is a common instruction given to a cook to increase the heat level of food to suit one's preference.
Examples
" Anghangan mo ang sabaw. "
Natural Translation
Make the broth spicy.
Literal Translation
Make-spicy you the broth.
" Gusto niyang anghangan ang ulam. "
Natural Translation
She wants to make the dish spicy.
Literal Translation
Want he make-spicy the dish.
" Kung gusto mong gayahin ang lutong Bicol, anghangan mo ng sili ang ginataan hanggang sa kumirot na ang dila mo. "
Natural Translation
If you want to copy Bicolano cooking, make the coconut dish spicy with chili until your tongue tingles.
Literal Translation
If want you copy the cooking Bicol, make-spicy you of chili the coconut-dish until that tingle already the tongue your.
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