tunaw
tunáw with stress marks
melted; liquified; to digest
Usage Note
Tunaw covers both the physical melting of a solid (ice, butter, metal) and the biological process of digestion. Natunaw ang yelo means the ice melted; natunaw ang pagkain describes food being digested. It is used broadly across cooking, science, and health contexts.
Examples
" Tunaw na ang mantikilya. "
Natural Translation
The butter is melted.
Literal Translation
Melted already the butter.
" Tunaw na ang yelo sa baso. "
Natural Translation
The ice in the glass is already melted.
Literal Translation
Melted already the ice in glass.
" Mabilis na natunaw ang tsokolate sa loob ng kotse dahil sobrang init ng panahon ngayong tag-init. "
Natural Translation
The chocolate melted quickly inside the car because the weather is so hot this summer.
Literal Translation
Fast melted the chocolate in inside of car because very hot the weather now summer.
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