Etymology

bistek

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Today it means: A Filipino dish consisting of thinly-sliced beefsteak braised in soy sauce, calamansi juice, garlic, ground black pepper, and onions cut into rings. Full definition →

Tagalog bistek ← Spanish bistec ← English beefsteak
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  1. English · derived frombeefsteak
  2. Spanish · derived frombistec
  3. Tagalog · borrowed frombistek
  4. English todaybistek

From Tagalog bistek, from Spanish bistec, from English beefsteak. Doublet of beefsteak and bifshtek.

Words from the same roots

Englishbeefsteak all →

bifteki

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