From root: pakla
Usage Note
Kapaklaan refers to the quality or state of having a tart or mouth-drying taste.
Examples
" May kapaklaan ang prutas. "
Natural Translation
The fruit has astringency.
Literal Translation
There-is astringency the fruit.
" Nawala ang kapaklaan pagkatapos iluto. "
Natural Translation
The astringency disappeared after cooking.
Literal Translation
Gone the astringency after cooked.
" Nababawasan ang kapaklaan ng saging na saba kapag ito ay hinog na at malambot na. "
Natural Translation
The astringency of the saba banana lessens once it is already ripe and soft.
Literal Translation
Lessening the astringency of banana that saba when it is ripe already and soft already.
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