menudo
menúdo with stress marks
meat dish (potatoes/tomato sauce)
Usage Note
Menudo comes from Spanish 'menudo' (small, offal), but the Philippine version is a tomato-based stew of pork or chicken with potatoes, liver, and carrots — distinct from the Mexican tripe soup of the same name. Menudo is a staple at Filipino celebrations and family meals and a frequent item on carenderia menus.
Examples
" Masarap ang menudo ni Lola. "
Natural Translation
Grandma's menudo is delicious.
Literal Translation
Delicious the menudo of Grandma.
" Nagluto ang aking ina ng masarap na menudo para sa piyesta. "
Natural Translation
My mother cooked a delicious menudo for the fiesta.
Literal Translation
Cooked the my mother of delicious that menudo for to fiesta.
" Tuwing kaarawan ko, laging may menudo sa hapag dahil iyon ang paborito kong putahe. "
Natural Translation
Every birthday of mine, there's always menudo on the table because that's my favorite dish.
Literal Translation
Every birthday my, always has menudo on table because that the favorite my dish.
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