From root: sopas
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
isinopas
i-si-NO-pas
cooked as soup
Present (Incomplete)
isinisopas
i-si-ni-SO-pas
cooking as soup
Future (Contemplated)
isosopas
i-so-SO-pas
will cook as soup
Usage Note
Isopas is used when preparing ingredients to be made into 'sopas,' a creamy Filipino macaroni soup. It is often used in the context of repurposing meat or vegetables into a comforting, warm dish typically served for breakfast or on rainy days.
Examples
" Isopas mo ang gulay. "
Natural Translation
Cook the vegetables as soup.
Literal Translation
Cook-as-soup you the vegetable.
" Kailangan mong isopas ang manok. "
Natural Translation
You need to cook the chicken as soup.
Literal Translation
Need you cook-as-soup the chicken.
" Sa halip na iprito ang natirang manok, isopas mo na lang ito para mas marami kaming makain. "
Natural Translation
Instead of frying the leftover chicken, just cook it as soup so we have more to eat.
Literal Translation
In place of fry the leftover chicken, cook-as-soup you just it so more we eat.
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