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adobo

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for adobo.

Editorial note

Wouldn't want people to think the grasshoppers are fried or that the guac is seasoned with adobo.

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Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A Philippine dish in which pork or chicken is slowly cooked in a sauce including soy sauce, vinegar, and crushed garlic.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of adobo gathered in one view.

noun

A Philippine dish in which pork or chicken is slowly cooked in a sauce including soy sauce, vinegar, and crushed garlic.

noun

A marinade.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for adobo.

noun

A Philippine dish in which pork or chicken is slowly cooked in a sauce including soy sauce, vinegar, and crushed garlic.

noun

A marinade.

Example sentences

1

Wouldn't want people to think the grasshoppers are fried or that the guac is seasoned with adobo.

2

Off the top of my head adobo and many Korean stews like kimchi and pork stew (Dwaejigogi Kimchijjigae).

3

The old cars (40s and 50s) in Cuba for example are literally held together with ducktape, adobo, and chicken wire.

4

For instance, chicken adobo let the chicken sit in a simmering pot for nearly an hour, and it's absolutely delicious.

5

I don’t have a secret gumbo recipe but I do have a secret family chicken adobo recipe.

6

They wouldn't buy me an Adobo Photochopz license, so I borrowed one from alt.binaries.blah.blah.

7

Mind sharing your secret chicken adobo recipe?

8

Now I'm going to make an adobo this weekend.

9

I watched the videos, now I want pork adobo.

10

Yeah I did that with an entire pot of chili - a single reaper with a smattering of much milder smoked pepper powders and a little chipolte in adobo sauce.

11

Never had a recipe of his let me down, but his chicken adobo recipe (where you simmer a sauce of sugar, soy sauce, and vinegar for like an hour) practically destroyed my wok's seasoning.

12

I used to go to Adobo on High Holborn, but as I spend less time in central and more time in east london, it seems like a little far to go.

Quote examples

1

It's still not quite back to what it was before "the Adobo event" (as my girlfriend calls it).

2

I wonder how much this will enable another wave of "Adobo Flash Player Browser Toolbar"-like adware since the official source will be removed.

3

There are "good even if you didn't grow up with it" dishes like lechon (suckling pig), pork & chicken adobo and halo-halo, and some of the modern/upscale/fusiony places in Manila are amazing, but it would still be hard to have a Filipino place that's authentic and appealing to non-Filipino palates at the same time.

Proper noun examples

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> the average monthly rent for a one-bedroom apartment at an insane $3,447, according to a 2018 rent report by Adobo.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use adobo in a sentence?

Wouldn't want people to think the grasshoppers are fried or that the guac is seasoned with adobo.

What does adobo mean?

A Philippine dish in which pork or chicken is slowly cooked in a sauce including soy sauce, vinegar, and crushed garlic.

What part of speech is adobo?

adobo is commonly used as noun.