adobo

See also: adobó

English

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).

Pronunciation

• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /ʔɐˈd̪oː.bo/

• Audio (Philippines):

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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.
   • 2009 January 27, Susan Sampson, “Chipotle pulled chicken on corn spoon bread”, in Toronto Star‎^[1]:

     1 chipotle chili in adobo sauce

Translations

Philippine dish

• Japanese: アドボ (adobo)
• Spanish: adobo (es) m
• Tagalog: adobo (tl)

See also

• adobo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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
   • c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 96:

     et buscarom os adobes das carnes et dos pescados que comyam, et fazer mãjares de moytas maneyras et de moytos sabores

     and they searched for the seasonings of the meats and fishes that they ate, and for preparing dishes in many ways and of many tastes

   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

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “adubo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “adubo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “adobe”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “adubo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “adobo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “adobo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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 (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

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/ [ʔɐˈd̪oː.bo]

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• Rhymes: -obo
• Syllabification: a‧do‧bo

Noun

adobo (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜓᜊᜓ)

1. adobo (Philippine dish)

   Synonym: adobado

   Adobong manok at baboy ang ulam ni Maria kagabi.

   Maria had chicken and pork adobo last night.

Derived terms

• adobong puti
• adobuhin
• mag-adobo
• sinadobo

 

Related terms

• adobado

 

See also

• bistek
• humba
• kilaw
• pinalam

 

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”
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 12