upo
úpo with stress marks
bottle gourd vegetable
Usage Note
Upo is a long pale-green gourd widely grown and eaten throughout the Philippines. It is a staple in many home-cooked dishes, particularly soups and stews. Its mild flavor makes it a versatile vegetable in Filipino cuisine.
Examples
" Masarap ang upo sa sabaw. "
Natural Translation
Bottle gourd is delicious in soup.
Literal Translation
Delicious the bottle-gourd in soup.
" Nagluto si Lola ng tinolang manok na may upo. "
Natural Translation
Grandma cooked chicken tinola with bottle gourd.
Literal Translation
Cooked Grandma of tinola-of-chicken that has bottle-gourd.
" Tuwing tag-init, marami kaming naaaning upo sa hardin kaya halos araw-araw kaming may ginisang gulay. "
Natural Translation
Every summer, we harvest plenty of bottle gourd from the garden, so we have sauteed vegetables almost every day.
Literal Translation
Every summer, many we harvest bottle-gourd in garden so almost every-day we has sauteed vegetable.
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