English → Tetun
soak
hoban
Example sentences
Did you scrub the nappies, or just soak them in soapy water and then take them out to dry?
Neras ne'e ó kose ka, hoban de'it iha omu been foti ba habai ona?!
To test seeds of sandalwood, soak them in water. The seeds that sink, this means they are good.
Atu koko fini ai-kameli nian, hoban ba bee. Fini ne'ebé mout, ne'e kerdizer di'ak.
Examples from the 46,000-sentence English–Tetun parallel corpus.
Phrases using “soak”
- Did you scrub the nappies, or just soak them in soapy water and then take them out to dry?Neras ne'e ó kose ka, hoban de'it iha omu been foti ba habai ona?!
- To test seeds of sandalwood, soak them in water. The seeds that sink, this means they are good.Atu koko fini ai-kameli nian, hoban ba bee. Fini ne'ebé mout, ne'e kerdizer di'ak.