tumuga
tumugâ with stress marks
to confess
From root: tuga
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
tumuga
tu-mu-GA
confessed
Present (Incomplete)
tumutuga
tu-mu-tu-GA
is confessing
Future (Contemplated)
tutuga
tu-tu-GA
will confess
Usage Note
Tumuga is the actor-focus form of tuga, a word whose original meaning was confessing under torture but which has broadened in modern informal speech to simply mean spilling a secret or admitting something under social pressure. Among friends it is often used humorously, though the darker coerced-confession sense remains in historical and literary contexts.
Examples
" Tumuga na ang bata. "
Natural Translation
The child finally confessed.
Literal Translation
Confessed already the child.
" Napilitang tumuga ang suspek dahil sa bigat ng ebidensya. "
Natural Translation
The suspect was forced to confess due to the weight of evidence.
Literal Translation
Forced to-confess the suspect because of weight of evidence.
" Matapos tanungin nang maraming beses ng kaniyang ina, tumuga rin sa wakas ang bata kung sino ang nakabasag ng plorera. "
Natural Translation
After being asked many times by his mother, the child finally confessed who broke the vase.
Literal Translation
After to-be-asked of many times by his mother, confessed also at last the child who the broke of vase.
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