sosa
sósa with stress marks
sodium carbonate
Usage Note
Sosa comes from Spanish 'sosa' and refers to sodium carbonate or lye used in cooking and cleaning. In Filipino cooking it is sometimes added to noodles or rice cakes to give them a chewy texture and yellowish color, making it a familiar pantry item as well as a household cleaning agent.
Examples
" May sosa sa kusina. "
Natural Translation
There is lye in the kitchen.
Literal Translation
There-is lye in kitchen.
" Gumamit sila ng sosa sa eksperimento. "
Natural Translation
They used sodium carbonate in the experiment.
Literal Translation
Used they of sodium carbonate in experiment.
" Naglalagay ang ilang magtitinapay ng kaunting sosa sa kakanin para mas makunat at dilaw ang kulay nito. "
Natural Translation
Some bakers add a little lye to rice cakes so that they become chewier and more yellow in color.
Literal Translation
Add the some bakers of little lye in rice-cake for more chewy and yellow the color its.
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