ensaymada

From Tagalog ensaymada. Doublet of ensaimada.

ensaymada (countable and uncountable, plural ensaymadas)

1. (Philippines) Synonym of ensaimada.
   • 2014 November, Claude Tayag, Mary Ann Quioc, “Escabeche, tinuong nga saang, tinuwang imbao, at tudlo dato: Fish simmered in vinegar, spider conch cooked in coconut milk, and two kinds of shellfish soup”, in Linamnam: Eating One’s Way Around the Philippines, 2nd edition, Mandaluyong: Anvil Publishing, →ISBN, “Central & Eastern Visayas” section, page 179:

     By previous arrangement, we were made to try the best of local cuisine, starting with breakfast of Cebu’s famous torta (a close cousin of ensaymada);

   • 2024 July 10, Kayla Samoy, “New to the scene”, in Chicago Tribune, 177th year, number 192, Chicago, Ill., →ISSN, →OCLC, section 5 (Food & Health), review of Bayan Ko Diner, page 5, column 3:

     I had my eye on the sticky ensaymada, a pull-apart monkey bread with cinnamon glaze, but the last one had sold just minutes before I ordered, so I pivoted to the ube pancakes ($16) instead for something sweet.

   • 2024 July 31, “Restaurant Crawl”, in Crave (Honolulu Star-Advertiser), Honolulu, Haw., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10, column 1:

     Guests can also purchase apple fritters, Long Johns, bread pudding and ensaymadas.

   • 2025 January 25, Michael Klein, “Long-awaited Filipino destination finally has an opening date”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, volume 195, number 239, Philadelphia, Pa., →ISSN, →OCLC, page B9, columns 1 and 4:

     Nearly two years after starting work on their century-old building on Girard Avenue the lechon sisig bowls, ensaymada, and bibingka are expected to roll out of the kitchen starting Feb. 8. Besides house-made pastries such as calamansi doughnuts, ensaymada, bibingka, and ube handpies, breakfast options will include the Rich Tita with pork longganisa (a sausage similar to chorizo), egg, and Cooper sharp cheese;

Borrowed from Spanish ensaimada, from Catalan ensaïmada, from Catalan saïm (“pork lard”).

• Hyphenation: en‧say‧ma‧da

ensaymada

1. ensaimada (a spiral-shaped brioche baked using butter or margarine, topped with butter and sugar, sometimes with ham and cheese)

   Synonym: ensomada

• ensemada

Borrowed from Spanish ensaimada.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔensajˈmada/
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: en‧say‧ma‧da

ensaymada (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜐᜌ᜔ᜋᜇ)

1. ensaimada (especially a local Philippine variant)