EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to cure or smoke meat/fish; to make 'tapa'...
embarrassing, shameful...
enviable...
Pang-uri
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/mag-ta-PA/
FIL: Isang paraan ng pag-iimbak ng karne o isda sa pamamagitan ng pagpapatuyo, pag-aasin, o pagpapausok.
EN: to cure or smoke meat/fish; to make 'tapa'
This is the OG Filipino food preservation technique. Before refrigerators, our ancestors would magtapa to make meat last longer. Now, it's the sacred process of creating the star of your favorite tapsilog breakfast. It's basically giving meat a smoky, salty spa day.
ROOT MEANING: dried or cured meat (usually beef)
Refers to the process of making 'tapa', which is cured meat, usually beef.
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🇵🇭 Mahilig si Lola na magtapa ng baboy-ramo tuwing may nahuhuli si Lolo.
🇺🇸 Grandma loves to make tapa from wild boar whenever Grandpa catches one.
🇵🇭 Naisipan nilang magtapa ng isda para hindi masira ang mga sobrang huli.
🇺🇸 They decided to smoke the fish so the extra catch wouldn't spoil.
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Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.