From root: patis
Usage Note
Pinatisan refers to a dish, often a soup or stew like chicken, where fish sauce is the primary salty seasoning used during cooking.
Examples
" Pinatisan ang ulam namin. "
Natural Translation
Our dish is seasoned with fish sauce.
Literal Translation
Fish-sauce-seasoned the dish our.
" Masarap ang pinatisan na ulam. "
Natural Translation
The dish seasoned with fish sauce is delicious.
Literal Translation
Delicious the dish-seasoned-with-fish-sauce.
" Mas gusto ng tatay ang pinatisan na manok kaysa sa niluto na may toyo dahil mas malinamnam daw ito. "
Natural Translation
Dad prefers chicken seasoned with fish sauce over one cooked with soy sauce because he says it's more flavorful.
Literal Translation
More likes the father the fish-sauce-seasoned chicken than the cooked that has soy-sauce because more flavorful he-says it.
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