reseta
reséta with stress marks
prescription
Also means
In older usage, reseta can also mean a recipe for cooking, though resipi has largely taken over that sense in modern Filipino.
Usage Note
Reseta is a Spanish loanword whose dominant modern usage is a doctor's prescription for medicine — pharmacies in the Philippines require a reseta for controlled medications. The older culinary meaning of recipe survives mainly in older or regional speech, now largely displaced by resipi.
Examples
" Nasaan ang reseta ko? "
Natural Translation
Where is my prescription?
Literal Translation
Where the prescription my?
" Nawala ang reseta ng aking doktor. "
Natural Translation
The prescription of my doctor was lost.
Literal Translation
Lost the prescription of my doctor.
" Hindi mabibili ang gamot na ito sa botika kung wala kang dalang reseta mula sa iyong doktor. "
Natural Translation
This medicine cannot be bought at the pharmacy if you do not bring a prescription from your doctor.
Literal Translation
Not able-to-be-bought the medicine this in pharmacy if not you bringing prescription from your doctor.
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