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lansa

lansá with stress marks

fishy smell or taste

noun adjective lan-SA Native origin Less Common
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Usage Note

Lansa refers to the distinct, pungent odor or taste of raw fish, seafood, and blood. In Filipino culture, ingredients like ginger, vinegar, or calamansi are commonly used to neutralize this smell to ensure food tastes fresh.

Examples

Beginner

" Malansa ang isda. "

Natural Translation

The fish smells fishy.

Literal Translation

Fishy-smelling the fish.

Intermediate

" Tanggalin ang lansa ng isda. "

Natural Translation

Remove the fishy smell of the fish.

Literal Translation

Remove the fishy smell of the fish.

Advanced

" Naglagay siya ng luya at suka sa sinaing na isda para mawala ang lansa nito. "

Natural Translation

She put ginger and vinegar in the stewed fish so that its fishy smell would go away.

Literal Translation

Put she of ginger and vinegar in stewed fish for go-away the fishy-smell of-it.

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Derived Words

malansa DERIVED

fishy-smelling

kalansaan DERIVED

fishiness

Actor Focus Verbs

maglansa AF VERB

to smell fishy

lumansa AF VERB

to become fishy smelling

Object Focus Verbs

malansahan OF VERB

to find something fishy

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