ensalada
ensaláda with stress marks
salad
Usage Note
Ensalada is borrowed from Spanish and refers to a salad, though Filipino versions often differ from Western ones — common examples include ensaladang talong and ensaladang mangga. It is typically a side dish served alongside grilled meat or fish.
Examples
" Masarap ang ensalada na ito. "
Natural Translation
This salad is delicious.
Literal Translation
Delicious the salad that this.
" Kumain tayo ng ensalada mamaya. "
Natural Translation
Let's eat salad later.
Literal Translation
Eat we of salad later.
" Naghanda ang lola ng ensaladang mangga na may bagoong upang isabay sa inihaw na bangus tuwing handaan. "
Natural Translation
Grandma prepared a green mango salad with shrimp paste to go with the grilled milkfish during gatherings.
Literal Translation
Prepared the grandmother of salad-mango that with shrimp-paste so-that pair with grilled milkfish whenever feast.
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