Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pandesal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

Syllables: pan-desal
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of bread roll, popular in the Philippines.

Etymology

From Spanish via Tagalog pandesal.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: -, pandesal

Inflected Forms

pandesals (plural)

Questions

What does pandesal mean?: A kind of bread roll, popular in the Philippines.
Where does pandesal come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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