nguluntoy
nguluntóy with stress marks
to wilt, wither, or wrinkle
Usage Note
Nguluntoy describes the gradual wilting or shriveling of something that was once firm or upright — a plant drooping from lack of water, a person slumping with exhaustion, or skin wrinkling with age. It is a poetic word that often appears in metaphorical descriptions of decline.
Examples
" Nguluntoy na ang mga bulaklak. "
Natural Translation
The flowers have wilted.
Literal Translation
Wilted already the flowers.
" Ang nguluntoy ng mga dahon ay senyales ng tagtuyot. "
Natural Translation
The wilting of the leaves is a sign of drought.
Literal Translation
The wilting of leaves is sign of drought.
" Unti-unting nanguluntoy ang mga halaman sa hardin dahil ilang linggo nang walang ulan sa aming lugar. "
Natural Translation
The plants in the garden gradually wilted because there had been no rain in our area for several weeks.
Literal Translation
Little-by-little wilted the plants in-the garden because some weeks already without rain in our place.
Take Tagalog with you
The full course, a 12,500-word dictionary, and flashcards that make every word stick — free to start on iOS and Android.
Tagalog builds thousands of words from a few hundred roots.
How Tagalog words workRelated Words
Explore Tagalog by topic
Free guides on grammar, vocabulary, and culture to take you past single-word lookups.
Languages of the Philippines: Tagalog, Cebuano, and More
Languages of the Philippines: one national language (Filipino) plus 180+ regional languages. Here's who speaks what, where, and why it matters to you.
How to Say Sorry in Tagalog: Patawad vs Pasensya
How to say sorry in Tagalog: patawad, pasensya na, and paumanhin compared on a simple severity-and-formality ladder so you pick the right word every time.
Magkano: How to Ask "How Much" in Tagalog
Magkano means how much in Tagalog. Learn to ask a price, tell it apart from ilan and gaano, sound polite with po, and haggle at the palengke.
Philippines Geography for Learners: Islands & Language
Philippines geography for Tagalog learners: 7,641 islands, three island groups, and the Southern Luzon heartland where the Tagalog language was born.