adobo

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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).

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 chipotle chili in adobo sauce

Translations

See also

References

  1. ^ “daube”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Anagrams

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

Galician

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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

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/
  • 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

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈdobo/,
  • Audio:(file)
  • 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

Related terms

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Further reading

Wikious
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