guyabano
guyabáno with stress marks
prickly custard apple
Usage Note
Guyabano is the Filipino name for soursop (Annona muricata), a popular tropical fruit prized for its sweet-sour white flesh and widely believed in folk medicine to have healing properties. The leaves are often brewed as herbal tea and the fruit is blended into juice and ice cream across the Philippines.
Examples
" Gusto ko ng guyabano. "
Natural Translation
I want some custard apple.
Literal Translation
Want I of custard-apple.
" Masarap ang guyabano. "
Natural Translation
The custard apple is delicious.
Literal Translation
Delicious the custard-apple.
" Bukod sa masarap na prutas, ginagawa ring panlunas na tsaa ang mga dahon ng guyabano sa probinsya. "
Natural Translation
Besides being a delicious fruit, the leaves of the soursop are also made into medicinal tea in the provinces.
Literal Translation
Besides delicious fruit, made also medicinal tea the leaves of soursop in-the province.
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