tumagas
tumagás with stress marks
to leak or seep
From root: tagas
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
tumagas
tu-ma-GAS
leaked
Present (Incomplete)
tumatagas
tu-ma-ta-GAS
is leaking
Future (Contemplated)
tatagas
ta-ta-GAS
will leak
Usage Note
Tumagas is the actor-focus form of tagas, describing liquid seeping through a crack, hole, or porous surface. It is also used figuratively for information leaking out — a secret or confidential detail that finds its way through an unintended gap.
Examples
" Tumagas ang tubig sa gripo. "
Natural Translation
Water leaked from the faucet.
Literal Translation
Leaked the water from faucet.
" Nagsimulang tumagas ang tubig mula sa lumang tangke. "
Natural Translation
Water started to leak out from the old tank.
Literal Translation
Started to leak the water from at old tank.
" Hindi namin alam kung paano tumagas ang impormasyon, ngunit kumalat na ito sa buong opisina bago pa kami nakapaghanda. "
Natural Translation
We don't know how the information leaked, but it had already spread across the entire office before we could even prepare.
Literal Translation
Not we know how leaked the information, but spread already this in whole office before still we able-to-prepare.
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