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“Native cacao tablet — used to make traditional hot chocolate” in Bisaya: tablea
The Bisaya (Cebuano) word for “native cacao tablet — used to make traditional hot chocolate” is tablea, pronounced tab-LE-a. It's used as a noun in everyday Cebuano conversation across the Visayas and Mindanao, where over 22 million people speak Bisaya as their native language.
Bisaya translation
tablea
tab-LE-a
- English meaning
- native cacao tablet — used to make traditional hot chocolate
- Part of speech
- noun
How to pronounce tablea
Say it as tab-LE-a. Capitalized syllables in the pronunciation guide indicate stress — the part of the word you emphasize when speaking. Bisaya stress is meaningful: putting it on the wrong syllable can change the meaning of a word, so it's worth practicing out loud.
Example sentences
Mainit nga tablea mao ang paborito ko sa buntag.
“Hot tablea chocolate is my morning favorite.”
Cultural context
Tablea is pure ground cacao pressed into tablets. Cebu and Davao produce some of the best tablea in the Philippines.
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