adobo
Portuguese, noun/aˈdo.bu/
adobo is spelled A-D-O-B-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 72 million words in written Portuguese, the 233,859th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adobo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “synonym of adobe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tempero de alho, vinho, sal e pimenta no que a carne de porco está um dia ou mais, transformando-se em sorça…”.
What does adobo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesynonym of adobe
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. tempero de alho, vinho, sal e pimenta no que a carne de porco está um dia ou mais, transformando-se em sorça para depois fazer fumeiro dessa carne ou ser cozinhada
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of adobo
- adobos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adobo?
- Brazil /aˈdo.bu/
- Portugal /ɐˈdo.bu/
- Portugal [ɐˈðo.βu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is adobo in Portuguese?
adobo appears about once in every 72 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).