Usage Note
Samporado is a traditional Filipino breakfast dish made by cooking glutinous rice with cocoa or tablea (native chocolate tablets). It is typically served sweet with milk and sometimes paired with tuyo (dried salted fish) — a classic sweet-and-salty combination. The word derives from the Spanish champurrado, a Mexican chocolate-masa drink.
Examples
" Gusto ko ng samporado. "
Natural Translation
I want some chocolate rice porridge.
Literal Translation
Want I of chocolate-rice-porridge.
" Masarap ang samporado tuwing umaga. "
Natural Translation
Chocolate rice porridge is delicious every morning.
Literal Translation
Delicious the chocolate-rice-porridge every morning.
" Tuwing umuulan, niluluto ng lola ko ang mainit na samporado na may kasamang tuyo para sa buong pamilya. "
Natural Translation
Whenever it rains, my grandmother cooks hot chocolate rice porridge served with dried fish for the whole family.
Literal Translation
Every rains, cooks of grandmother my the hot chocolate-rice-porridge that has companion dried-fish for the whole family.
Take Tagalog with you
The full course, a 12,500-word dictionary, and flashcards that make every word stick — free to start on iOS and Android.
Tagalog builds thousands of words from a few hundred roots.
How Tagalog words workRelated Words
Explore Tagalog by topic
Free guides on grammar, vocabulary, and culture to take you past single-word lookups.
How Long Does It Take to Learn Tagalog?
Survival Tagalog takes ~3-4 weeks and comfortable conversation 6-12 months. FSI's 1,100 hours is the professional bar, not the talking-to-family bar.
Tagalog Slang Guide: 20 Words You'll Hear on TikTok
Tagalog slang explained: lodi, petmalu, werpa, astig, chika and more. Decode Filipino TikTok comments, group chats, and pop culture with this practical guide.
Tagalog Word Order: Sentence Structure Made Simple
Why Tagalog puts the verb first, and how ang, ng, and sa markers work. A clear guide to VSO word order, forming questions, and negation.
Tagalog Verb Focus System Explained (It's Not Active vs. Passive)
The Tagalog verb focus system isn't active vs. passive. Learn actor focus, object focus, and more with clear examples that finally make it click.