# adobo
## 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: /ʔaˈdobo/
* (General American) IPA: /əˈdoʊboʊ/
* Audio (Philippines):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

adobo (countable and uncountable, plural adobos)
* A Philippine dish in which pork or chicken is slowly cooked in a sauce including soy sauce, vinegar, and crushed garlic.
* A marinade.
** 2009 January 27, Susan Sampson, “Chipotle pulled chicken on corn spoon bread”, in Toronto Star‎:1 chipotle chili in adobo sauce

#### See also

* adobo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### References

* ↑ “daube”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* Abood, abood

## Catalan
### Verb

adobo
* first-person singular present indicative of adobar

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From Spanish adobo.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: a‧do‧bo

### Noun

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

### Verb

adobo
* to cook adobo
* to cook meat this way
* (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: /aˈðoβo̝/

#### Noun

adobo m (plural adobos)
* (archaic) preparation, restoration
* (dated) adornment
* 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 saboresand 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
* marinade
** marinade of chopped pork with garlic, salt, paprika and other spices for the preparation of chorizo
    Synonym: amoado
** 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: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “adobe”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “adubo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (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
* first-person singular present indicative of adobar

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈdobo/ [aˈð̞o.β̞o]
* Rhymes: -obo
* Syllabification: a‧do‧bo

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from adobar.

#### Noun

adobo m (plural adobos)
* a delicacy of marinated meat

##### Descendants

* → Cebuano: adobo
* → English: adobo
* → Tagalog: adobo

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

adobo
* first-person singular present indicative of adobar

### Further reading

* “adobo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## 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: /ʔaˈdobo/ [ʔɐˈd̪oː.bo]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -obo
* Syllabification: a‧do‧bo

### Noun

adobo (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜓᜊᜓ)
* 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
* adosilog
* 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, 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