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Food & Drink words in Bisaya.

Browse 99 Cebuano words and phrases grouped under Food & Drink. Each entry links to its own dictionary page with English meaning, part of speech, and related vocabulary.

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FOOD & DRINK

All food & drink words.

Last reviewed 2026-07-28. Use these links to open individual dictionary pages for pronunciation notes, FAQs, and related words.

noun

adobo

Meat fried in salt and vinegar

Food & Drink
phrase

Allergic ko sa

I am allergic to...

Food & Drink
noun

ananghag

Pineapple

Food & Drink
adjective

anghang

Spicy / hot taste

Food & Drink
noun

asin

Salt

Food & Drink
noun

asukal

Refined sugar

Food & Drink
noun

baboy

Pig / pork

Food & Drink
noun

bam-i

Kind of dish made of fine noodles, chicken, shrimps, and spices

Food & Drink
noun

bawang

Garlic / small red onion (spice)

Food & Drink
noun

bibingka

Rice cake

Food & Drink
noun

biko

Sticky rice cake

Food & Drink
noun

Bill / kwenta

Bill / check

Food & Drink
noun

biskwit

Biscuit

Food & Drink
noun

bugas

Husked rice or corn

Food & Drink
adjective

busog

Full, sated

Food & Drink
phrase

Busog na ko

I am full

Food & Drink
noun

buwad

Dried fish

Food & Drink
phrase

Dili ko mokaon ug

Night club

Food & Drink
noun

dugos

Honey, nectar

Food & Drink
phrase

Extra rice

Extra rice

Food & Drink
noun

gata

Juice squeezed from coconut meat

Food & Drink
noun

gatas

Milk

Food & Drink
noun

gulay

Vegetables

Food & Drink
adjective

gutom

Hungry

Food & Drink
phrase

Gutom na ko

I am hungry

Food & Drink
adjective

hinog

Ripe

Food & Drink
noun

humba

Prepare, eat this dish

Food & Drink
adjective

inihaw

Grilled

Food & Drink
verb

inom

Drink

Food & Drink
noun

isda

Fish

Food & Drink
noun

itlog

Egg

Food & Drink
noun

kalan

Stove / hearth

Food & Drink
noun

kamatis

Tomato

Food & Drink
noun

kamote

Sweet potato

Food & Drink
noun

kan-on

Cooked rice / meal

Food & Drink
verb

kaon

Eat

Food & Drink
phrase

Kaon ta!

Let's eat!

Food & Drink
noun

kape

Coffee bean, plant, drink

Food & Drink
noun

karne

Meat, flesh of animals (not fowl) used as food

Food & Drink
noun

kinilaw

Raw seafood in vinegar/citrus

Food & Drink
verb

laga

Boil (water or with ingredients)

Food & Drink
noun

lambanog

Coconut palm liquor

Food & Drink
adjective

lami

Tasty, giving a delicious feeling or taste

Food & Drink
noun

lechon

Roast pig

Food & Drink
noun

Lechon kawali

Pan-roasted pork belly

Food & Drink
noun

linaga

Boiled dish

Food & Drink
noun

lubi

Coconut: Cocos nucifera

Food & Drink
verb

luto

Wear black clothes in mourning

Food & Drink
noun

luya

Ginger: Zingiber officinale

Food & Drink
noun

mangga

Mango: Mangifera indica

Food & Drink
noun

manok

Chicken

Food & Drink
noun

mantika

Lard, fat from flesh

Food & Drink
adjective

masustansya

Nutritious

Food & Drink
noun

menu

Menu

Food & Drink
noun

meryenda

Light meal taken between lunch and supper

Food & Drink
adjective

nilaga

Boiled

Food & Drink
noun

niyog

Coconut

Food & Drink
noun

order

Order (food)

Food & Drink
noun

pagkaon

Food / eating

Food & Drink
noun

paho

Kind of small, fibrous mango: Mangifera altissima

Food & Drink
adjective

pait

Bitter in taste

Food & Drink
verb

pakan

Fodder / animal feed

Food & Drink
noun

pamahaw

Breakfast

Food & Drink
noun

paminta

Black or white pepper

Food & Drink
noun

panihapon

Supper / dinner

Food & Drink
noun

paniudto

Lunch

Food & Drink
noun

papaya

Papaya

Food & Drink
adjective

pinirito

Fried

Food & Drink
adjective

presko

Fresh

Food & Drink
noun

prito

Fried food

Food & Drink
noun

prutas

Fruit

Food & Drink
noun

puso

Artesian well, naturally flowing or operated with a pump

Food & Drink
noun

puto

Cake made of steamed starches, coconut, and other optional ingredients

Food & Drink
noun

sabaw

Soup, gravy, juice given off by something cooked

Food & Drink
noun

saging

Banana tree, fruit

Food & Drink
noun

sibuyas

General name for various kinds of onions and leeks

Food & Drink
noun

sili

Pepper: Capsicum spp

Food & Drink
noun

sinabawan

Soup-based dish

Food & Drink
noun

singkamas

Jicama vine and tuber

Food & Drink
noun

sinigang

Sour soup dish

Food & Drink
noun

sinugba

Grilled / broiled food

Food & Drink
noun

sopas

Crackers or cookies

Food & Drink
noun

sud-an

Name of a dance or music for it

Food & Drink
verb

sugba

Broil over hot coals

Food & Drink
noun

suka

Vomit, the contents expelled from the stomach

Food & Drink
noun

sutukil

Three seafood cooking styles (sugba, tuwa, kinilaw)

Food & Drink
noun

tablea

Cocoa tablet for chocolate drink

Food & Drink
noun

tanglad

Lemongrass (spice)

Food & Drink
noun

tinapay

Bread

Food & Drink
noun

tinola

Certainty

Food & Drink
noun

tinuwa

Boiled fish in vinegar/water

Food & Drink
noun

toyo

Soy sauce

Food & Drink
noun

tuba

Kind of croton plant: Croton tiglium

Food & Drink
noun

tubig

Water

Food & Drink
phrase

Tubig lang

Water

Food & Drink
noun

tuwa

Little pity

Food & Drink
adjective

uhaw

Thirsty

Food & Drink
noun

utan

Vegetables (Visayan)

Food & Drink
noun

utanon

Vegetable dish / veggies

Food & Drink