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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌpan de ˈɾeɡla/ [ˌpan̪ d̪ɛ ˈɾɛɡ.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -eɡla
• Syllabification: 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

Further reading

• http://www.shellyviajeratravel.com/2017/08/filipino-phrases-borrowed-from-spanish.html