EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
cooking oil; lard...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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/man-TI-ka/
FIL: Anumang uri ng langis o taba na ginagamit sa pagluluto, lalo na sa pagpiprito.
EN: cooking oil; lard
The lifeblood of Filipino cuisine. From pritong isda to crispy pata, nothing happens without a generous amount of `mantika`. Also used figuratively to describe someone who is a smooth talker or flatterer ('nagmamantika ang bibig'). It's the reason why everything tastes so good, and also the reason for your high cholesterol.
From Spanish 'manteca' (lard, butter).
While 'manteca' in Spanish is often lard or butter, 'mantika' in Filipino almost always refers to cooking oil (vegetable, coconut, etc.) or rendered fat/lard.
🇵🇭 Mag-init ka ng mantika sa kawali para sa pagprito ng isda.
🇺🇸 Heat up some cooking oil in the pan to fry the fish.
🇵🇭 Ang sebo ng lechon ay nagiging masarap na mantika.
🇺🇸 The fat from the roasted pig turns into delicious lard.
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