minatamis
minatamís with stress marks
sweetened dessert
From root: tamis
Usage Note
Minatamis is a class of Filipino sweet preparations made by cooking fruits or vegetables in sugar syrup, derived from the root tamis (sweetness). Common varieties include minatamis na saging and minatamis na kamote, and the dish is a staple dessert or snack in Filipino homes and fiestas.
Examples
" Masarap ang minatamis na saging. "
Natural Translation
The sweetened banana is delicious.
Literal Translation
Delicious the sweetened link banana.
" Masarap ang minatamis na saging na ginawa ni lola para sa meryenda. "
Natural Translation
The sweetened banana that grandmother made for snack is delicious.
Literal Translation
Delicious the sweetened that banana that made of grandmother for to snack.
" Tuwing pista, gumagawa si lola ng minatamis na kamote na inaabangan ng buong pamilya. "
Natural Translation
Every fiesta, grandmother makes sweetened sweet potato that the whole family looks forward to.
Literal Translation
Every fiesta, making the grandmother of sweetened link sweet-potato that awaited of-the whole family.
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