Meaning of pahugáw

To let off steam, to let steam or odours escape from a closed receptacle. Pahugawá ang tiníg-ang. Let the steam of the boiling rice escape. (pa, hugáw). (see pahungáw, pasungáw id.).

To lessen the pressure of, ease, mitigate, allay, comfort, moderate, assuage, alleviate. Pahugáwa ang íya kasákit. Allay his grief. Ipahúgaw sa íya kasubô ang mga nagakasarîsárì nga kalingáwlingáwan. Ease her sorrow by various distractions or diversions. (pa, húgaw).