Also means
When stress shifts to the second syllable as duróg, the word means crushed or destroyed, including the slang sense of being high on drugs.
Usage Note
Dúrog refers to the act of crushing or grinding something into small pieces or powder, commonly used in cooking and traditional medicine — crushing garlic, grinding herbs. The root is highly productive, forming durugin, dinirog, and related forms in everyday speech.
Examples
" Durugin mo ang bawang. "
Natural Translation
Crush the garlic.
Literal Translation
Crush you the garlic.
" Kailangan ng dúrog na bawang. "
Natural Translation
Crushed garlic is needed.
Literal Translation
Need of crushed that garlic.
" Bago lutuin ang pagkain, dinurog muna ng lola ang mga pampalasa gamit ang lusong at halo. "
Natural Translation
Before cooking the food, grandma first crushed the spices using a mortar and pestle.
Literal Translation
Before to-cook the food, crushed first by-the grandma the spices using the mortar and pestle.
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