From root: guwapo
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
ginuwapuhan
gi-nu-wa-PU-han
found handsome
Present (Incomplete)
ginaguwapuhan
gi-na-gu-wa-PU-han
finds handsome
Future (Contemplated)
gaguwapuhan
ga-gu-wa-PU-han
will find handsome
Usage Note
Guwapuhan is used when expressing that someone finds a male person handsome or physically attractive. It is most commonly used in informal conversations to describe a subjective perception of someone's appearance.
Examples
" Guwapuhan mo kaya siya? "
Natural Translation
Will you find him handsome?
Literal Translation
Find-handsome you perhaps him?
" Gusto niyang guwapuhan ang kaklase niya. "
Natural Translation
She wants to find her classmate handsome.
Literal Translation
Want she find-handsome the classmate her.
" Hindi inaasahan ng dalaga na guwapuhan niya ang bagong lipat na kapitbahay nila. "
Natural Translation
The young woman did not expect to find their newly moved-in neighbor handsome.
Literal Translation
Not expected by-the young-woman that find-handsome she the newly moved-in neighbor their.
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