pan de regla

Borrowed from Spanish pan de regla (literally “menstrual bread”), due to its distinct red filling. As to how it ended up with such sensitive name, pepper.ph told: “...because it looks like the cross section of a used sanitary napkin.”

• Hyphenation: pan de reg‧la
• IPA^(key): /ˌpan de ˈɾeɡla/, [ˌpan dɛ ˈɾɛɡ.lɐ]

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

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