adobo
Valid in Scrabble
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- 8
- Words With Friends
- 9
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Definition of adobo
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)A Philippine dish in which pork or chicken is slowly cooked in a sauce including soy sauce, vinegar, and crushed garlic.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)A Philippine dish in which pork or chicken is slowly cooked in a sauce including soy sauce, vinegar, and crushed garlic.
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(countable, uncountable)A marinade.
“1 chipotle chili in adobo sauce”
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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).
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