ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Tinola

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /tɪˈnoʊlə/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Tinola is a noun meaning A Filipino soup traditionally cooked with chicken or fish, wedges of papaya or chayote or both, and leaves of the siling labuyo chili pepper in broth flavored with ginger, onions, and fish sauce, and usually served as a main course with white rice.

Meaning

A Filipino soup traditionally cooked with chicken or fish, wedges of papaya or chayote or both, and leaves of the siling labuyo chili pepper in broth flavored with ginger, onions, and fish sauce, and usually served as a main course with white rice.

Example Sentences

The papayas I allowed to grow for future tinolas and achara.
Once, Marikit smelled the enchanting fragrance of tinola from an open window.
It is a gala day for the adult male Filipino. He goes to mass, thence to his dinner of tinola, a soup and a stew of chicken in one, and then to the cock fight.
[…] Neal, was very sick and debilitated. I asked the kitchen staff to make a chicken tinola with lots of ginger, green papaya, chile, and malunggay leaves; within a few hours Neal was back on his feet.

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sinigang, lomi, lugaw, linat-an, laksa, pancit.

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What does tinola mean?

Tinola means A Filipino soup traditionally cooked with chicken or fish, wedges of papaya or chayote or both, and leaves of the siling labuyo chili pepper in broth flavored with ginger, onions, and fish sauce, and usually served as a main course with white rice.

How do you use tinola in a sentence?

The papayas I allowed to grow for future tinolas and achara.

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