magmaliw
magmáliw with stress marks
to fade away
From root: maliw
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
nagmaliw
nag-MA-liw
faded away
Present (Incomplete)
nagmamaliw
nag-ma-MA-liw
is fading away
Future (Contemplated)
magmamaliw
mag-ma-MA-liw
will fade away
Usage Note
Magmaliw is the actor-focus form of maliw, a literary and poetic term for fading or dwindling found chiefly in classical Tagalog poetry and kundiman lyrics rather than everyday conversation. Its elevated register makes it a marker of formal or lyrical expression, typically describing love, hope, or life itself slowly diminishing.
Examples
" Hindi magmamaliw ang pag-asa. "
Natural Translation
Hope will not fade away.
Literal Translation
Not will-fade-away the hope.
" Hindi magmaliw ang aking pagmamahal sa iyo kahit lumipas ang panahon. "
Natural Translation
My love for you will not fade away even as time passes.
Literal Translation
Not to-fade-away the my love for you even to-pass the time.
" Kahit gaano pa kahirap ang buhay, hindi magmamaliw ang pananalig namin sa isa't isa. "
Natural Translation
No matter how hard life gets, our faith in one another will never fade away.
Literal Translation
Even how-much still hard the life, not will-fade-away the faith ours in one-another.
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