magsangag
magsángag with stress marks
to stir-fry
From root: sangag
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
nagsangag
nag-SA-ngag
stir-fried
Present (Incomplete)
nagsasangag
nag-sa-SA-ngag
is stir-frying
Future (Contemplated)
magsasangag
mag-sa-SA-ngag
will stir-fry
Usage Note
Magsangag is the actor-focus mag- form of sangag, used when the cook is the grammatical subject. Sangag covers stir-frying, dry-roasting, or toasting, but in everyday use it most often refers to making sinangag, the garlic fried rice that anchors the classic Filipino tapsilog breakfast; the object-focus form isangag foregrounds the specific food being fried.
Examples
" Magsangag tayo ng kanin. "
Natural Translation
Let's stir-fry some rice.
Literal Translation
Stir-fry we of rice.
" Gusto kong magsangag ng natirang kanin bukas. "
Natural Translation
I want to stir-fry the leftover rice tomorrow.
Literal Translation
Want I to-stir-fry of leftover rice tomorrow.
" Tuwing umaga, nagsasangag ang nanay ko ng kaning lamig na may bawang para gawing almusal namin. "
Natural Translation
Every morning, my mother stir-fries cold rice with garlic to make our breakfast.
Literal Translation
Every morning, stir-frying the mother my of rice cold that has garlic to make breakfast our.
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