tapsilog

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/ˈtapsɪloɡ/

noun

A meal of tapa with fried rice and fried egg.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

nountapsilog (usually uncountable, plural tapsilogs)

plural tapsilogs

  1. PhilippinesuncountableusuallyA meal of tapa with fried rice and fried egg.

    There was Rodic’s tapsilog, which was so good you didn’t mind that you smelled like tapsilog afterwards.

    2002, Jessica Zafra, “Remembrance of Tapsilogs Past”, in Twisted 6, Pasig: Anvil Publishing, →ISBN, page 83
    1 more example

    Bago opened in June just north of First Avenue’s Little Manila cluster of Filipino restaurants. Almost everything is under $10, including tapsilog, caramelly cuts of beef, abetted by a fried egg and powerfully garlicky rice.

    2015 November 12, Ligaya Mishan, “Bago and Tito King’s Kitchen”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2015

Origin

  1. Tagalogtapsilog
  2. Englishtapsilog

Borrowed from Tagalog tapsilog.

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Cite this entry
APA

tapsilog. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tapsilog

MLA

“tapsilog.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tapsilog. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tapsilog,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tapsilog.

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