If you are not very familiar with Filipino words, Tagalog dialect used in this recipe site, here are some Filipino to English word translations that maybe helpful to you according to your interest. Most of the words are ingredients used in cooking the recipes here. Also, your suggestions are welcome and very helpful to the improvement of this site’s glossary. If you like to contribute other Filipino-English terms or want to correct anything pls. write to: mmontala[at]filipinovegetarianrecipe.com
| Filipino (Dialect: Tagalog) | English (translation or description) |
| Alugbati | Malabar Night Shade |
Atchuete or Atsuete | Annatto |
| Ampalaya | Bitter Melon |
| Bawang | Garlic |
| Bibingka | Rice cake |
| Buko | Young coconut |
| Buro (or Burong ) | Fermented |
| Gabi | Taro Root |
| Ginataan | Cooked with coconut milk |
| Kalabasa | Squash |
| Kalamansi | Lime |
| Kamote | Sweet Potato |
| Kamias | Ginger Lily |
| Kamoteng Kahoy | Cassava |
| KangKong | Swamp cabbage |
| Labanos | Radish |
| Lakatan | A banana variety |
| Linga | Sesame seeds |
| Lumpia | Spring roll |
| Luya | Ginger |
| Malagkit | Glutinous rice |
| Macapuno | Coconut with soft very thick meat |
| Mais | Corn |
| Malunggay | Horse raddish tree |
| Mangga | Mango |
| Mani | Peanut |
| Munggo | Moong or Mung beans |
| Mustasa | Mustard |
| Okra | Okra |
| Pandan | Fragrant screwpine |
| Palayok | Earthen Cooking Pot |
| Papaya | Papaya or PawPaw |
| Pinipig | Pounded rice flakes |
| Pinya | Pineapple |
| Repolyo | Cabbage |
| Saging | Banana |
| Saba, Latundan, Lakatan | Varieties of banana |
| Sampalok | Tamarind |
| Singkamas | Turnip |
| Sitaw | String beans |
| Sotanghon | Vermicelli (made from mung beans) |
| Talong | Eggplant |
| Tokwa | Tofu |
| Ubi or ube | Purple Yam |
| Ubod | Heart of palm |
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