supot
súpot with stress marks
plastic or paper bag
Also means
Supot also means uncircumcised when used as an adjective, which is a culturally loaded term in the Philippines.
Usage Note
Supot in its most common everyday usage simply means a bag — the kind you get at a store or market. Filipinos frequently reuse plastic supot for trash bins, food containers, and storage, and environmental campaigns against single-use plastic have made the word common in sustainability discussions.
Examples
" Nasaan ang supot? "
Natural Translation
Where is the bag?
Literal Translation
Where the bag?
" Ilagay mo ito sa supot. "
Natural Translation
Put this in the plastic bag.
Literal Translation
Put you this in plastic bag.
" Nagdala ako ng sariling supot sa palengke dahil ayaw ko nang gumamit ng plastik na nakakasira sa kalikasan. "
Natural Translation
I brought my own bag to the market because I no longer want to use plastic that harms the environment.
Literal Translation
Brought I of own bag at market because not-want I already to-use of plastic that damaging to nature.
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