adobo

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adobo

/ʔaˈdobo/ Philippines
/əˈdoʊboʊ/ US

Where it comes from

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 adobos

countable, uncountable A Philippine dish in which pork or chicken is slowly cooked in a sauce including soy sauce, vinegar, and crushed garlic.
countable, uncountable A marinade. 1 chipotle chili in adobo sauce

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noun Philippine dish

Español	adobo
日本語	アドボ adobo

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@misc{adobo_2026,
  title = {adobo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/adobo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}