What Is Spinach In Tagalog? (Answers)
SPINACH IN TAGALOG – The Philippines is home to an abundance of vegetables and fruits because of its lush climate and biodiversity.
However, not most know the Tagalog translation of some of the most popular vegetables. Such vegetables include the humble spinach.
Spinach has been popularized especially in the 90s due to the cartoon “Popeye the Sailor Man”. Meanwhile, In Tagalog, this vegetable is called “Espinaka” which is derived from the Spanish “Espinaca”.
The scientific name of this vegetable is “Spinaca oleracea”. However, the word “espinaka” is not usually used in Tagalog conversations. Usually, people just say the Tagalized version of Spinach which is “Ispinats”.
Here are some example sentences:
- These foods include nuts, chocolate, black pepper, and leafy green vegetables, such as spinach
- Cook it until the meat is soft and tender, and add chopped spinach to taste.
- Spinach is known to be rich in Vitamin A and potassium.
- Some fresh vegetables, such as broccoli, cabbage, and spinach, contain calcium.
- My favorite vegetable is the spinach.
In Tagalog, these sentences could be translated as:
- Kabilang sa mga pagkaing ito ang mga nuwes, tsokolate, paminta, at luntiang mga gulay, gaya ng espinaka.
- Iluto ito hanggang sa ang karne ay lumambot, at haluan ng pinagputul-putol na espinaka kung ayon sa panlasa.
- Ang espinaka ay may dalang bitamina A at potassium.
- Paborito kong gulay ang espinaka.
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