sulak
sulák with stress marks
boiling or effervescence
Usage Note
Sulak refers to the bubbling or frothing of boiling liquid or a carbonated drink. It is also used figuratively to describe emotions brimming over or about to spill out, primarily in literary and descriptive contexts.
Examples
" May sulak ang kape. "
Natural Translation
The coffee has bubbles.
Literal Translation
Has bubbling the coffee.
" Mainit ang sulak ng tubig. "
Natural Translation
The boiling of the water is hot.
Literal Translation
Hot the boiling of water.
" Habang lumalalim ang gabi, parang sulak ng tubig ang galit na hindi na niya kayang pigilin. "
Natural Translation
As the night grew late, the anger she could no longer hold back was like the bubbling of boiling water.
Literal Translation
While deepens the night, like bubbling of water the anger that no longer she-able to-hold-back.
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