Usage Note
Putsero (also spelled puchero) is a Filipino stew dish adapted from Spanish 'puchero', typically made with beef, pork, or chicken simmered with vegetables like potatoes, pechay, and banana. It is a hearty comfort food often served at family gatherings and considered a Filipino-Spanish fusion dish.
Examples
" Gusto ko ng mainit na putsero. "
Natural Translation
I want some hot meat stew.
Literal Translation
Want I of hot meat-stew.
" Masarap ang putsero na niluto nila. "
Natural Translation
The meat stew dish they cooked is delicious.
Literal Translation
Delicious the meat-stew-dish that cooked they.
" Tuwing pista, naghahanda ang lola namin ng malaking kaldero ng putsero na sapat para sa buong angkan. "
Natural Translation
Every fiesta, our grandmother prepares a big pot of meat stew that is enough for the whole clan.
Literal Translation
Every fiesta, prepares the grandmother ours of big pot of meat-stew that enough for whole clan.
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