Meaning of báng-aw

To become stale, tasteless, insipid, to rot, spoil, go bad (applied especially to food), (see pán-os, bagéu).

Also: to foil, baffle, thwart, frustrate; to fail, be foiled, etc. Nabáng-aw (Nagkabáng aw, nagkalabáng-aw) ang (Nabang-awán silá sang) íla mga hándum. They failed to reach the object of their desires. Their hopes were disappointed.