From root: lugaw
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
naglugaw
nag-LU-gaw
cooked rice porridge
Present (Incomplete)
naglulugaw
nag-lu-LU-gaw
cooking rice porridge
Future (Contemplated)
maglulugaw
mag-lu-LU-gaw
will cook rice porridge
Usage Note
Maglugaw is used when preparing rice porridge, a staple Filipino comfort food typically served during breakfast, on rainy days, or as a gentle meal for someone who is sick.
Examples
" Maglugaw tayo mamaya. "
Natural Translation
Let's cook porridge later.
Literal Translation
Cook-porridge we later.
" Masarap maglugaw kapag maulan. "
Natural Translation
It's delicious to cook rice porridge when it's raining.
Literal Translation
Delicious to cook rice porridge when rainy.
" Tuwing may sipon ang anak ko, naglulugaw ako para may magaan siyang makain. "
Natural Translation
Whenever my child has a cold, I cook porridge so she has something light to eat.
Literal Translation
Every-time has cold the child my, cooking-porridge I so has light she eat.
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