adobo

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

Etymology

Cognate with French: daube

Cognate with Italian: dobba

In summary

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).

Translations

adobo

adobo