Tagalog Food & Drink Words

fry; fried food

to slaughter

to handle or eat with hands

eaten with hands

grilled

fried

to eat

delightful taste; comfort of life; delicious

to eat

to wrap

to cook rice

to stir-fry, roast, or toast

sauté

mixture or ingredient

slice; cut

grill (roast over coals)

to fry

sauce

to gather everything left over

cut with a knife

to feed

sauteed style

to remove seeds or bones

hearty appetite

to heat

to find tasteless

to become bland

to put something to cool

coated with batter

recipe

to dip; to meddle (slang)

to chop, mince, or hit repeatedly

craving for food; appetizing

blend; seasoning; to mix

melted; liquified; to digest

the act of piercing or pricking; injection

to peel

to peel

to cook

to put milk in

to milk

to mince [it]

to add salt to

grind

to plate

to add vegetables to

to cook something

to serve a meal

taste; flavor

to taste [it]

to boil

live coal

to put embers in

remove from fire; deliverance; derived

to savor [it]

pluck feathers; loose threads

to grate [it]

to pluck feathers

act of cooking

to apply heat to

to cook something

to have something boiled

cooking

to add egg to

to mix

grate

to grate

to mix [it]

set table; offer

to serve [it]

boiled (food)

to cook or eat soup

to eat lunch

to use onions

to mix

to slice

to put [a pot] on the stove

to eat with hands

to put a cooking pot on the stove

to cook as adobo

to salt

to wrap over

to wrap

to eat from

to eat breakfast

to cook rice porridge

the act of tasting

sample taste

to soak

marinate meat/fish in vinegar

to warm up

to soak

to cook by boiling or steaming (usually rice)

to eat together; to share a meal

to peel; remove skin; peeled

to fry

the act of eating

to exude oil

to grease something

to filter

to melt [it]

to add fruit to

to grind [it]

butcher; slaughter

grinder, mill

to sauté

to stir or mix

to slice

to grill

to dip [it]

brittleness; crispiness

to fry

to dip

soak

voracious eating; gorging

thick liquid; consistency

to grill

to sauté

to chop / slice

to boil

to have a snack

to whisk

to make bread

to become delicious

to water something

boiling

to filter, sift, or strain

to add onions to

dried under the sun

slurp

to share a meal

to peel

to cook (rice)

to peel [it]

scalded in salted water

to cook with egg

to use as water

to put in ice or freeze

to scoop with a spoon

to ladle

to stir-fry

to make sauce

to filter

to use as onions

act of eating breakfast

to add garlic to something

to cook as adobo

to boil

to have wrapped

to cook in sour broth

to put calamansi on

to boil

to season with fish sauce

to add soy sauce

to put food in the mouth

to cool something

satiated; fed fully

to process into sugar

to grind

to use as a spoon

to add meat to

scraping; grating; moving quickly

to grate [it]

diluted condition; watery

to sun-dry

to grate

to spoil

to put sauce on [it]

to be filled with water

to pierce

to use cheese as a topping

remove bark/skin, peeled off

mince; pulverize

crush; pulverize

to add something into a mixture

to sauté

to mix something into

to have grilled

to stir-fry [it]

to dip [it]

flavor; deliciousness

cooking vessel

to chop or mince

to crave

to boil something in

to boil something

to ladle [it]

steam; vapor

assigned cook

to toast [it]

to skewer [it]

to cook for or in something

to add salt

to add sugar

to add garlic

to use or add kalamansi

remove seeds/flesh; study closely; to shell, to debone

to make red-hot

to use as sugar

to add fat to

to sun-dry [it]

to pound [it]

to slurp [it]

to slurp

to butcher [it]

overboiled; mushy

to pound

to butcher

to melt

to suck noisily

to splash out

to pierce [it]

to steam (food)

savoring (flavor)

to cut in half

to put in embers

to use as milk

to process into meat

to turn into embers

to use as fuel

to cook sour soup in

to add chili to

to cool something down

process of pre-cooking meat in oil

to feed [it] by mouth

to crush [it]

to scald [it] in salted water

to lift [it] off the fire

to separate [it] by hand

sliced into several pieces

to use as meat

to scrape [it]

to scrape

to pick at and eat (small snacks)

to devour [it]

to crush

to lift off the fire

to separate by hand

to stir liquid

to gorge

to smell fishy

to savor

to gather everything left over

butcher; slaughterhouse

act of grilling

act of sauteing

the act of mixing

to suck noisily

to make spicy

to add sourness to

garlicked

to remove seeds or bones from

slice thinly

half-cooked; blanched

to slice a part of

to slice for or using

to vent steam or vapor

to boil water in

to savor

to eat greedily; masticate using teeth

grinding or crushing noisily with teeth

ginger-spiced

salting process

broth from boiling

seasoned with pepper

to apply steam to something

to sweeten something

immersion in liquid; metal plating

to splash

to turn into ice

butchering; to butcher

good flavor; to relish

to use shrimp paste

to add ginger

to add pepper

to cook pansit

to use fish sauce

to add chili

to use soy sauce

taster tool or snack

to mold [it]

to mold

to stir [it]

to make kilaw [of it]

to eat small pieces (popcorn/chips)

to pick at [it]

mash; hand-to-hand battle

to become fishy smelling

to peel off

to make kilaw

to conserve

to shake out

act of boiling

cut diagonally or crosswise

used for frying

hissing or sizzling sound

particles of food left on a plate

to gather it all up

to suck [it] noisily

to toast; toasted

to become sweet

to become sour

mix or move liquid, stir with stick

ground; crushed; pounded

to make into fermented paste

to cook as isaw

to cook as kare-kare

to add cheese to something

to knife

to make into turon

eating food noisily, similar to a pig

chewing without swallowing

to slice [it] thinly

to slit [it]

to slice thinly

to pluck [its] feathers

to shake [it] out

to conserve [it]

plucked out; pulled with a jerk

to mash

to knead

to butcher

to chomp

to crunch

greedily / in gulps

to become bitter

act of eating noisily like an animal

act of dislodging/scraping with a tool

boiling or effervescence

to become salty

to become spicy

thresh rice grain with feet

to add as spice

to use as a souring agent

taste; savor; worth (colloq)

to pre-cook [meat] in oil

to make something sour

rendering of fat

to make something bitter

for restaurant use

to extract oil from coconut

a slice or cutting knife

sliced or cut

to break [it] into chunks

to settle

to break off a chunk

finger-shaped pieces

squeeze repeatedly with the hand

food taster

to press [it]

keeping food over low fire; staying in bed

draw knife fast; peel skin

to mash [it]

to knead [it]

to butcher [it]

to become lukewarm

to repeatedly press

to become astringent

to sizzle

fryer

to winnow

process of smoking meat and fish

to pre-cook [it] in oil

to make into bibingka

to use as fermented paste

to use as garlic

to cook as kwek-kwek

to use as pepper

to prepare as turon

soft and sticky from overcooking

to draw (a blade) swiftly

to render coconut oil

curing meat/fish with smoke before grilling

deep pan for sweet preserves

to winnow

to winnow [it]

to fork

to draw [it] swiftly

to render it into oil

to cook in a saucepan

Filipino braised meat dish

dish eaten with rice

mixed-fruit dessert or miscellaneous

minced meat dish (pig's head/brain)

pork rind cracklings

afternoon snack

sour soup or stew

Filipino pork sausage

smoked-dried meat or fish

food eaten with drinks

food

combination (short form)

dish cooked with coconut milk

soup

sour soup or stew

tilapia fish

chicken ginger stew

tocino (sweetened cured pork)

chocolate rice porridge (champorado)

fertilized duck embryo

rice cake with caramel

bone marrow; soup

dried fish

meat dish (potatoes/tomato sauce)

noodles

steamed rice cake

silken tofu snack

meal of cured pork, fried rice, and egg

sticky rice delicacy wrapped in leaves

sweetened root-crop

small cooking pot; spicy meat dish

custard (letche flan)

roasted pig

home-cooked food

boiled meat soup

breakfast food

junk food

siomai (dimsum dumpling)

siopao, steamedbun

pork meat sausage

pickled green papaya

free meal or banquet

mechado (meat stew)

grilled chicken or pig intestines

sweetened dessert

dinner

meat dish with soy sauce

sauteed vegetable dish

cylindrical meatloaf

stuffed pastry

tripe; porridge with tripe

roasted; behaved

canteen

Bicol dish (taro leaves/coconut milk)

shrimp and vegetable fritters

ice cream

sausage

transparent bean noodle; vermicelli

rice cake

deep-fried battered egg street food

omelet

brioche topped with cheese

lunch

cooked dish

Filipino pork sausage

sardines

baked rice cake

peanut-based stew

cake

deep-fried orange-battered quail eggs

caramel custard

fried banana spring roll

breakfast

to eat for breakfast

to cook as soup

creamy macaroni soup

lunch

blood stew

party; feast

sticky rice cakes

salad

to eat with rice

omelette

restaurant

chocolate rice porridge

to cook as porridge

rice porridge

to make into porridge

sauteed dish

mixed vegetable dish (chopsuey)

burnt rice

tired of a particular food

dish cooked with shrimp paste

pork brisket/belly

sausage-rice-egg breakfast

side dish for rice

provided breakfast

puffed rice

sweet dessert made of sticky rice

appetizer

stuffed dish (fish/chicken/crab)

egg yolk dessert

salad

breakfast

brown rice cake

dessert

to eat as a viand

breakfast place

threadfin bream fish

to use as breakfast

bibingka shop or stall

fat white noodle; to rinse

milk and egg round-shaped bread

beef roll dish

dish; viand

to eat as a viand

broth from boiled rice

intended for dinner

edibles on rice; blocked (fig); toppings

shrimp dish

meat stew dish

to use as a viand

to eat as a snack

rolled wafer, ice cream cone

place selling grilled intestines

Chinese spring rolls

to cook adobo

to cook sigang

act of using food as a viand

snack treat provided by someone

food or money for a snack

dish seasoned with fish sauce

to eat at a restaurant

fermented rice dish

to have as a snack

to serve as a snack

to cook into noodles

to prepare as sisig

cold; frozen

dish cooked in peanut sauce

a stall or place where kwek-kwek is sold

mashed food dish

dish cooked with sweet potato

to eat or sell grilled intestines

to cook kare-kare

to sell taho

snack (variant of meryenda)

to feast on

snack eaten with soup

onion-seasoned dish

food; eating time

food

turon stall or place

tongue-shaped rice cake

to make or sell bibingka

to make kutsinta

to make leche flan

to make rice cakes

to make turon

kare-kare eatery

dessert

place where taho is made or sold

fish fried in fermented bean curd

to use for cooking noodles

thick corn and coconut pudding, sweet corn pudding

request for someone to cook adobo

salted fish (Luzon) or meat stew (Mindanao)

to eat mud crab

to cook or sell kwek-kwek

water

to drink

beverage

gelatin; sweet drink

tea

liquor; wine

to drink

chocolate; brown color

bottle

cold drink

palm tree starch; chewy pearl

coffee

to drink coffee

to sip

gulp; to swallow liquid

distillery or liquor store

to gulp

drink; act of drinking

to give a drink

free drinks treat

alcoholic

warm snack or drink

gin

beer

juice, sap

ginger tea

alcoholic beverage; to drink alcohol

drinking session

to drink alcohol

to have tea

to suck [it]

coffee shop or coffee pot

milk

to drink alcohol

a toast; pouring a drink; honor someone

coconut wine

strong/bitter coffee

wine made from coconut/palm juice

a swig; to gulp down

to serve coffee

thirst-quencher

lemonade

to pour a drink or toast

heavy drinker

the act of drinking coffee

to pour a drink for [someone]

voracious drinking; gulping

water

carbonated

to gulp

craving coffee

residue; to form residue

coffee drinker or seller

provision of drinks

intended for milk

rice wine

wine glass

to gulp [it]

to gulp down

to form residue

intended for thirst

water used to dilute liquid; a chaser

to gulp [it]

to gulp [it] down

dilution water; bloodletting

dilution of alcohol with water

dregs; sediment; to subside or calm

used for liquor

free treat of beer

brewery or tavern

herbal tea substitute

to drink beer

rice wine

small wine glass

a piece of bamboo used as a liquor glass

tavern; bar

to deal in liquor

bud; young coconut; found out

mango

jackfruit

guava

papaya

star apple

species of banana eaten raw

cantaloupe melon

variety of banana for cooking

pomelo fruit

grape

tropical spiked fruit

Philippine lime

banana

apple

watermelon

native Philippine citrus fruit

tropical fruit (Sandoricum koetjape)

to eat fruit

fruity or full of fruit

fruit

fruit bowl or fruit stand

fruit; result

prickly custard apple

species of banana eaten raw

sugar apple

native tree/fruit with yellow skin

Java plum (fruit)

Malay/mountain apple

lemon

tangerine orange

small wild fruit

to eat bananas

almost ripe

Spanish plum

citrus

tropical fruit tree

breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis)

to pick fruit using a pole with a hook

breadfruit

lychee

tangerine orange; green citrus

to eat watermelon

Manila tamarind

to pick fruit with a hooked pole

to pick [it] with a hooked pole

fake apple

citron

provisions (food/money) for travel

corned beef

purple yam

coconut milk

garlic

Philippine lime

soy sauce

rice noodles

yellow noodle

raw, unripe

pork

corn

ingredient; spice; condiment; aromatics

tamarind tree or fruit

dipping sauce

oil; to apply oil

egg

fermented fish or shrimp paste

beef

celery

wild chicken; small hot chili, wild pepper

ginger

spicy

sour

bitter

mung bean

fish sauce

chili pepper

vinegar

tofu; pressed soybean curd

left-over particles of rice

long-jawed anchovy (fish)

condensed milk

can; tin; softness

squid

meat

lemongrass

grain

cacao tree

sugar

salty

bland or tasteless

sweet

glutinous rice

ingredients in a dish

prawn

a mussel

oyster

milk

milky or creamy

bread

uncooked rice

to provide rice

starch, cornstarch

peanut

to incorporate [it] as an ingredient

ingredient; element

pigeon pea

to add water

black pepper

onion

salt

cooked rice

to eat rice

mud fish

oregano plant/leaves

organic

fry of anchovies (fish)

ham

mushroom

pure coconut cream; most important

chewiness; stingy

very sweet

fat; grease; oily

shore crab

preserved soya beans

palm tree heart; core; extremely

cooking oil; lard

cheese

turmeric

act of market shopping

cilantro; coriander leaves

red seeds used for coloring

to use or eat meat

cod fish

Ceylon cinnamon

sugar palm

cassava

pork shoulder

sweetness

thick-meat variety of coconut

flavorful

very spicy

very bitter

herring fish

a mixture of betel leaf, pepper, and lime for chewing

bundle, truss

short-bodied mackerel (fish)

bitterness

conserve

cilantro

meringue

pulp

a chocolate tablet made from cacao

to use or eat cheese

crab fat

blue crab with white dots

rabbit fish

scum/residue of boiled coconut milk

dark brown sugar (muscovado)

ration

frigate tuna

Asian clam

meat on the bone

saltiness level

spiciness

sourness

fishiness

deliciousness

Chinese chives

ingredient; mixture; contest entry

slightly sour

somewhat bitter

acrid or astringent

coconut jam

spiciest

sodium carbonate

bigeye trevally fish

wheat

Chinese strawberry candy

to use or add milk

anise plant or seed

kaffir lime

mutton

chestnut

blandness or lack of flavor

somewhat bland

added spice

souring ingredient

cleaned intestines of pig/cow

giant freshwater prawn

rice bran

leftover cold rice

tartness

betel leaf

one single slice

acridity or astringency

staleness

almost spoiled (fish); overripe

easily spoiled

souring agent

ingredients for sauteing

potassium nitrate; preservative for meat, saltpeter

chickpeas

sardinella (fish)

an ingredient or something mixed in

capon

venison

haystack; circular/square deity image

very acrid or astringent

state of being salty

the smallest edible fish

cod fish

fermented rice and shrimp

hairtail fish

flounder (fish)

carbide

sesame plant/seed

very milky

rice grain variety

salt bed

to buy at the market

ingredients for soup

fleshy part of fruit; to crush with hand

to cook or eat egg

to pick kalamansi

dough; large earthen jar

water chestnut

to thresh [it]

to thresh rice

brown-striped snapper (fish)

intended for leche flan

for calamansi use

used for chili

a species of rice

used for making or serving kwek-kwek

cup

fork

drinking glass

spoon

spoon container

knife

plate

grill

teaspoon

pot for boiling

frying pan

rice cake steamer or shop

teapot

grilling tool

stirrer or mixing tool

slicing tool or instrument

place or vessel for kutsinta

container or place for leche flan

tea set or teapot

frying pan

for use with a knife

fork holder

copper pitcher for chocolate

bitter melon

tomato

swamp cabbage, water spinach

horse-radish tree (medicinal)

cabbage

sweet potato

chayote vegetable

yam bean; local turnip

eggplant

bean sprout; mongo shoot

lettuce

bottle gourd vegetable

okra (vegetable)

green peas

radish

potato

vegetable

squash; pumpkin

string beans

edible bamboo shoot

mustard plant

young shoot or edible leaf tip

cassava

snow pea

squash

winter melon

winged bean plant

root crop

full of vegetables

full of potatoes

a tropical shrub with edible leaves

red vine herb

hyacinth bean

intoxicating yam (medicinal)

full of squash

to plant or sell squash

to plant sweet potatoes

to plant or harvest string beans

to plant eggplant

spoiled; stale (food)