resipi
resípi with stress marks
recipe
Usage Note
Resipi is an English loanword and the standard modern Filipino word for a cooking recipe, having largely displaced the older Spanish-derived reseta in this sense. It is widely used in cookbooks, food blogs, cooking shows, and everyday kitchen conversation.
Examples
" Ano ang resipi nito? "
Natural Translation
What is the recipe for this?
Literal Translation
What the recipe of-this?
" Ano ang resipi ng masarap na ulam na ito? "
Natural Translation
What is the recipe of this delicious dish?
Literal Translation
What the recipe of delicious that dish this?
" Ipinamana sa akin ng aking lola ang resipi ng adobo na ginagawa pa rin namin tuwing may handaan. "
Natural Translation
My grandmother passed down to me the adobo recipe that we still make whenever there is a feast.
Literal Translation
Passed-down to me by my grandmother the recipe of adobo that making still also we every there-is feast.
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