adobo
A Philippine dish in which pork or chicken is slowly cooked in a sauce including soy…A Philippine dish in which pork or chicken is slowly cooked in a sauce including soy sauce, vinegar, and crushed garlic.
» Nestor is going to eat adobo.
Meaning
2 senses(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.
- a dish of marinated vegetables and meat or fish; served with rice
Examples
5 sentencesNestor is going to eat adobo.
Bay leaves are a key ingredient in his adobo recipe.
Nestor is eating chicken adobo.
Nestor will eat chicken adobo.
Nestor ate adobo.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From Spanish adobo, from Old French adober (“equip a horseman”) (perhaps via Catalan), froFrom 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).
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Forms
plural: adobosLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable