sigang
sigáng with stress marks
sour soup or stew
Usage Note
Sigang is the root word for 'sinigang,' the iconic Filipino sour soup made by stewing meat or seafood with souring agents like tamarind. While the root refers to the cooking process, it is most commonly encountered in daily life as the name of the dish itself.
Examples
" Ang sarap ng sigang. "
Natural Translation
The sour soup is delicious.
Literal Translation
The deliciousness of sour-soup.
" Gusto ko ng sigang na baboy. "
Natural Translation
I want pork sinigang.
Literal Translation
I want sour soup of pork.
" Tuwing umuulan, gusto ng buong pamilya namin ang mainit na sigang na hipon na may maraming gulay. "
Natural Translation
Whenever it rains, our whole family wants hot shrimp sour soup with lots of vegetables.
Literal Translation
Every rains, wants of whole family our the hot sour-soup of shrimp that with many vegetable.
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