From root: sabon
Usage Note
Pinagsabunan is the leftover water mixed with soap after washing clothes or dishes. It is the waste water that remains after a cleaning task.
Examples
" Maputik ang pinagsabunan. "
Natural Translation
The soapy water is murky.
Literal Translation
Murky the soap-residue-water.
" Itapon mo ang tubig na pinagsabunan. "
Natural Translation
Throw away the soapy water residue.
Literal Translation
Throw you the water that soap-residue.
" Huwag mong ibuhos sa halaman ang pinagsabunan dahil maaaring makasama sa lupa ang mga kemikal na nasa loob nito. "
Natural Translation
Don't pour the soapy water on the plants because the chemicals inside it could harm the soil.
Literal Translation
Don't you pour to plant the soap-residue-water because might harm to soil the plural chemical that inside of-it.
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