magsawa
magsawâ with stress marks
to grow tired of
From root: sawa
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
nagsawa
nag-sa-WA
grew tired of
Present (Incomplete)
nagsasawa
nag-sa-sa-WA
is growing tired of
Future (Contemplated)
magsasawa
mag-sa-sa-WA
will grow tired of
Usage Note
Magsawa is the actor-focus mag- form of sawa, used when the person growing tired or sated is the grammatical subject. The thing one tires of is marked with sa. It captures both physical satiety — eating too much of a dish — and emotional exhaustion from people, relationships, or routines.
Examples
" Nagsawa na ako sa kanin. "
Natural Translation
I'm already tired of rice.
Literal Translation
Grew-tired-of already I in rice.
" Mahirap magsawa sa pagkain ng masarap na ulam araw-araw. "
Natural Translation
It is hard to grow tired of eating a delicious dish every day.
Literal Translation
Difficult to-grow-tired-of in eating of delicious side-dish every day.
" Kahit gaano kasarap ang isang kanta, magsasawa ka rin dito kapag paulit-ulit mong pinakinggan araw-araw nang walang patid. "
Natural Translation
No matter how good a song is, you will also grow tired of it when you listen to it over and over every day without a break.
Literal Translation
Even how delicious the one song, will-grow-tired-of you also here when repeatedly you listened-to every-day without break.
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