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Glossary- Filipino – English

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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)
AlugbatiMalabar
Night Shade
Atchuete or Atsuete
Annatto
AmpalayaBitter Melon
BawangGarlic
BibingkaRice
cake
BukoYoung
coconut
Buro (or Burong )Fermented
GabiTaro
Root
GinataanCooked
with coconut milk
KalabasaSquash
KalamansiLime
KamoteSweet
Potato
KamiasGinger
Lily
Kamoteng KahoyCassava
KangKongSwamp
cabbage
LabanosRadish
LakatanA
banana variety
LingaSesame
seeds
LumpiaSpring roll
LuyaGinger
MalagkitGlutinous rice
MacapunoCoconut with soft very thick meat
MaisCorn
MalunggayHorse
raddish tree
ManggaMango
ManiPeanut
MunggoMoong or Mung beans
MustasaMustard
OkraOkra
PandanFragrant screwpine
PalayokEarthen Cooking Pot
PapayaPapaya or PawPaw
PinipigPounded rice flakes
PinyaPineapple
RepolyoCabbage
SagingBanana
Saba, Latundan, LakatanVarieties
of banana
SampalokTamarind
SingkamasTurnip
SitawString beans
SotanghonVermicelli
(made from mung beans)
TalongEggplant
TokwaTofu
Ubi or ubePurple Yam
UbodHeart of palm

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