sahog
sáhog with stress marks
ingredients in a dish
Usage Note
Sahog refers to the ingredients added to a dish to flavor or complete it — the vegetables, meat, or seasonings mixed into a soup or stew. It is a core kitchen vocabulary word and is heard daily in Filipino households and markets.
Examples
" Ano ang sahog ng sopas? "
Natural Translation
What are the ingredients of the soup?
Literal Translation
What the ingredient of soup?
" Ano ang sahog ng ulam? "
Natural Translation
What are the ingredients of the dish?
Literal Translation
What the ingredient of dish?
" Bago magluto ng sinigang, inihahanda muna ni Lola ang lahat ng sahog tulad ng gulay, karne, at pampaasim. "
Natural Translation
Before cooking sinigang, Grandma first prepares all the ingredients such as the vegetables, meat, and souring agent.
Literal Translation
Before to-cook of sinigang, prepares first by Grandma the all of ingredient like of vegetable, meat, and souring-agent.
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