hapantua — meaning in English

English meaning

• sour adjective Having a sharp, acidic taste, like lemon or vinegar.
• spoil verb To ruin something, making it unusable, unpleasant, or less enjoyable.
• turn verb To move or rotate around an axis, or to change direction.

Senses

hapantua is used for these senses in English:

• sour (intransitive) To become sour.
• spoil (intransitive, of food or drink) To go bad; to become sour or rancid; to decay. [from 17th c.]
• turn (intransitive) To sour or spoil; to go bad.

sour — full definition

1. adjective Having a sharp, acidic taste, like lemon or vinegar.
2. adjective Spoiled or gone bad from fermenting.
3. adjective Unpleasant, bad-tempered, or unfriendly.
4. noun A cocktail made with a spirit, citrus juice, and sugar.

spoil — full definition

1. verb To ruin something, making it unusable, unpleasant, or less enjoyable.
2. verb To indulge someone, especially a child, so much that it damages their character.
3. verb (of food) To go bad.
4. noun Plunder or loot taken by force, often in the phrase "the spoils of war."

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