The Cebuano/Bisaya word puso means “hanging rice — rice cooked inside a woven coconut palm leaf pouch”. Pronounced PU-so, it is used as a noun across Cebu, Bohol, Leyte, and much of Mindanao. This guide covers what puso means in Bisaya, how to pronounce it, when to use it, common example sentences, and how it compares to similar Cebuano words.
In Bisaya (Cebuano), puso translates to “hanging rice — rice cooked inside a woven coconut palm leaf pouch”.
Bisaya word
puso
English meaning
hanging rice
Part of speech
Noun
Capital letters mark the stressed syllable — say it louder and slightly longer.
Bisaya stress is phonemic, meaning the wrong stress can change a word's meaning or make it unrecognisable to native speakers. For puso, put the main stress on the uppercase syllable in PU-so. Practice by saying it slowly first, then gradually speed up to natural conversational pace.
Duha ka puso ug usa ka inihaw ang angay.
Two hanging rice and one grilled item is just right.
Puso is uniquely Cebuano — the diamond-shaped woven rice is a street food icon, especially at barbecue stalls.
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