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Tasteless, insipid, watery, especially applied to fruits and vegetables. (maganás is opposed to marabó-savoury, tasty). (ganás).

Insipid, tasteless, savourless, mawkish, watery, wishy-washy (applied especially to fruits and vegetables). Iníng kalabása ganás or maganás. This squash is insipid. (see marabó-tasty).

To be or become insipid, unsavoury, spoilt, go bad, applied to old tubers or the like. Naglísaw iníng banáyan. This banáyan has become insipid. Nalisáwan akó siníng úbi. This úbi tastes bad to me. I think this úbi is spoilt. (see kalísaw, malísaw, ganás, maganás).

Watery, insipid, flat, vapid, tasteless, unsavoury, said especially of stale tubers that, having been dug out, are not boiled within a reasonable time and in consequence have lost their flavour. (see lísaw, kalísaw, maganás).

Tasty, succulent, delectable, dainty, nice, toothsome, savoury, of good flavour (of fruits and tubers); opposed to maganás-insipid. (see rabó).