From root: turon
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
tinuron
ti-nu-RON
made into turon
Present (Incomplete)
tinuturon
ti-nu-tu-RON
making into turon
Future (Contemplated)
tuturunin
tu-tu-ru-NIN
will make into turon
Usage Note
Turunin is used when referring to the process of preparing specific ingredients, like saba bananas, to be wrapped and fried into the popular Filipino snack. It is an object-focus verb that emphasizes the item being transformed into turon.
Examples
" Turunin natin ang saging. "
Natural Translation
Let's make the bananas into turon.
Literal Translation
Make-into-turon let-us the banana.
" Gusto niyang turunin ang saging. "
Natural Translation
He wants to make the banana into turon.
Literal Translation
Want he make-into-turon the banana.
" Kung sobra ang saging na bili mo, turunin mo na lang para hindi masayang. "
Natural Translation
If you bought too many bananas, just turn them into turon so they don't go to waste.
Literal Translation
If excess the banana that bought you, make-into-turon you just-instead so-that not wasted.
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