adobe
Spanish, noun
adobe is spelled A-D-O-B-E (5 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 15,293rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adobe is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “adobe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of adobar. With an accent, adobé is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of adobar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Masa de barro sin cocción, a veces mezclada con paja o algún otro aditivo, secada al sol y al aire, empleado…”.
What does adobe mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineadobe
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of adobar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Masa de barro sin cocción, a veces mezclada con paja o algún otro aditivo, secada al sol y al aire, empleado como material de construcción. 2. Peso que se sujetaba a los pies de los prisioneros para entorpecer su movimiento.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of adobe
- adobes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to adobe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is adobe in Spanish?
adobe appears 3.5 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).