manghawa
manghawà with stress marks
to infect
From root: hawa
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
nanghawa
nang-HA-wa
infected
Present (Incomplete)
nanghahawa
nang-ha-HA-wa
is infecting
Future (Contemplated)
manghahawa
mang-ha-HA-wa
will infect
Usage Note
Manghawa is the actor-focus mang- infinitive of hawa, the canonical form for diseases or conditions that spread outward from a source. It pairs with hawaan when the person being infected is the grammatical focus, and with mahawa for the passive experience of becoming infected — the latter being extremely common in everyday health conversations.
Examples
" Madaling manghawa ang sipon. "
Natural Translation
Colds infect others easily.
Literal Translation
Easy to infect the cold.
" Madaling manghawa ang sakit na ito sa tag-ulan. "
Natural Translation
This sickness easily infects others during the rainy season.
Literal Translation
Easy to infect the sickness this during rainy-season.
" Mabilis manghawa ang trangkaso sa paaralan kapag hindi nananatili sa bahay ang mga batang may sakit. "
Natural Translation
The flu spreads quickly through the school when sick children do not stay home.
Literal Translation
Fast to infect the flu in school when not staying at house the children with sickness.
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