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Definitions and meaning of adobo

adobo

Etymology

From Spanish adobo, from Old French adober (“equip a horseman”) (perhaps via Catalan), from the same Germanic root as dab, dub. Compare French daube (earlier dobe (1571), adobbe (1598)), Italian dobba (1549), adobbo (1570).

Noun

adobo (countable and uncountable, plural adobos)

1. A Philippine dish in which pork or chicken is slowly cooked in a sauce including soy sauce, vinegar, and crushed garlic.
2. A marinade.

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See also

• adobo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

• Abood, abood

Catalan

Verb

adobo

1. first-person singular present indicative of adobar

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish adobo.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧do‧bo

Noun

adobo

1. fried meat that has been marinated in soy sauce, garlic and vinegar or calamondin juice
2. a dish in which meat or liver is slowly cooked in a sauce including soy sauce, vinegar, garlic and onions
3. (slang) thumbsucking

Verb

adobo

1. to cook adobo
2. to cook meat this way
3. (slang) to suck one's thumb

Synonyms

• adobaw

Galician

Etymology 1

Attested since the 13th century. Back-formation from adobar (“to prepare”).

Alternative forms

• adó, adomo, adubo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈðoβo̝/

Noun

adobo m (plural adobos)

1. (archaic) preparation, restoration
2. (dated) adornment
3. seasoning

   Synonym: aderezo

4. marinade
   1. marinade of chopped pork with garlic, salt, paprika and other spices for the preparation of chorizo

      Synonym: amoado

   2. marinade of pork with garlic, salt, paprika and other spices for cooking

      Synonym: zorza

Related terms

• adobar

References

• “adubo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “adubo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “adobe” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “adubo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “adobo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “adobo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 2

Verb

adobo

1. first-person singular present indicative of adobar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈdobo/ [aˈð̞o.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -obo
• Syllabification: a‧do‧bo

Etymology 1

Deverbal from adobar.

Noun

adobo m (plural adobos)

1. a delicacy of marinated meat

Descendants

• → Cebuano: adobo
• → English: adobo
• → Tagalog: adobo

Etymology 2

Verb

adobo

1. first-person singular present indicative of adobar

Further reading

• “adobo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• arobo — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• arubo — obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish adobo (“delicacy of marinated meat”), from adobar (“to marinate”), from Old French adober (“to knight”). Compare Kapampangan arobu.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈdobo/, [ʔɐˈdo.bo]
• Rhymes: -obo
• Syllabification: a‧do‧bo

Noun

adobo (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜓᜊᜓ)

1. adobo (Philippine dish)

   Synonym: adobado

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Further reading

• “adobo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[2], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 26: “Adobo) Arobo (pp) C. [a vſo] de Caſtilla”