From root: gatas
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
iginatas
i-gi-NA-tas
used as milk
Present (Incomplete)
iginagatas
i-gi-na-GA-tas
using as milk
Future (Contemplated)
igagatas
i-ga-GA-tas
will use as milk
Usage Note
Igatas is used to specify a substance or liquid that will be utilized as milk, often in the context of cooking or preparing a beverage. It typically highlights the role of the ingredient within a specific recipe or mixture.
Examples
" Huwag mong igatas ang tubig. "
Natural Translation
Don't use the water as milk.
Literal Translation
Do-not by-you use-as-milk the water.
" Ayaw kong igatas ang tubig na ito. "
Natural Translation
I don't want to use this water as milk.
Literal Translation
Dislike I use-as-milk the water that this.
" Dahil ubos na ang gatas, igatas na lang natin ang gata ng niyog sa kape. "
Natural Translation
Since the milk is all gone, let's just use coconut cream as milk in the coffee.
Literal Translation
Because gone already the milk, use-as-milk just we the cream of coconut in coffee.
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