pan de regla

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pan de regla (literally “menstrual bread”), due to its distinct red filling. The Filipino recipe site pepper.ph states: “...because it looks like the cross section of a used sanitary napkin”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌpan de ˈɾeɡla/, [ˌpan dɛ ˈɾɛɡ.lɐ]
  • Hyphenation: pan de reg‧la

Noun

pan de regla (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈ᜔ ᜇᜒ ᜇᜒᜄ᜔ᜎ)

  1. pan de regla (a soft bread with a distinct red filling, served in the Philippines)
    Synonym: kalihim

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