From root: luya
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
nagluya
nag-LU-ya
added ginger
Present (Incomplete)
nagluluya
nag-lu-LU-ya
adding ginger
Future (Contemplated)
magluluya
mag-lu-LU-ya
will add ginger
Usage Note
Magluya is used when adding ginger to a dish, a common culinary practice in Filipino cooking to neutralize fishy odors or to add warmth and flavor to soups like tinola.
Examples
" Magluya ka sa tinola. "
Natural Translation
Add ginger to the tinola.
Literal Translation
Add-ginger you in tinola.
" Magluya ka sa sopas. "
Natural Translation
Add ginger to the soup.
Literal Translation
Add ginger in soup.
" Tinuruan ako ng nanay kong magluya sa isda upang mawala ang lansa at lumabas ang masarap na amoy nito. "
Natural Translation
My mother taught me to add ginger to fish so the fishy smell disappears and its delicious aroma comes out.
Literal Translation
Taught me of mother my to-add-ginger to fish so-that disappear the fishiness and come-out the delicious smell of-this.
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