kumupas
kumupás with stress marks
to fade
From root: kupas
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
kumupas
ku-mu-PAS
faded
Present (Incomplete)
kumukupas
ku-mu-ku-PAS
is fading
Future (Contemplated)
kukupas
ku-ku-PAS
will fade
Usage Note
Kumupas is the actor-focus intransitive infinitive of kupas, describing a change-of-state in which color, brightness, or intensity drains away over time — fading fabric, dimming memories, waning fame. Because the subject undergoes rather than performs the change, kumupas is always intransitive with no object-focus partner in normal usage.
Examples
" Kumupas na ang kulay ng damit. "
Natural Translation
The color of the shirt has faded.
Literal Translation
Faded already the color of shirt.
" Pwedeng kumupas ang kulay ng kurtina dahil sa sikat ng araw. "
Natural Translation
It is common for the color of the curtain to fade due to sunlight.
Literal Translation
Possible fade color curtain because shine sun.
" Habang lumilipas ang mga taon, unti-unti nang kumukupas ang mga alaala namin sa lumang bahay na kinalakhan namin. "
Natural Translation
As the years pass, our memories of the old house where we grew up are slowly fading.
Literal Translation
While passing the years, little-by-little already fading the memories our in old house that grew-up-in we.
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