adobar

Catalan

Verb

adobar (first-person singular present adobo, past participle adobat)

1. to prepare; set up
2. (cooking) to marinate
3. to do up (put in a good state)

Conjugation

Conjugation of adobar (first conjugation)

infinitive			adobar
present participle			adobant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		adobat		adobada
		plural		adobats		adobades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	adobo	adobes	adoba	adobem	adobeu	adoben
	imperfect	adobava	adobaves	adobava	adobàvem	adobàveu	adobaven
	future	adobaré	adobaràs	adobarà	adobarem	adobareu	adobaran
	preterite	adobí	adobares	adobà	adobàrem	adobàreu	adobaren
	conditional	adobaria	adobaries	adobaria	adobaríem	adobaríeu	adobarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	adobi	adobis	adobi	adobem	adobeu	adobin
	imperfect	adobés	adobessis	adobés	adobéssim	adobéssiu	adobessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
		—	adoba	adobi	adobem	adobeu	adobin

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Galician

Etymology

13th century. From Old French adober (“to knight; to equip”), from Frankish *dubban (“to hit, push”), from Proto-Germanic *dub (“to fit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aðoˈβaɾ/

Verb

adobar (first-person singular present adobo, first-person singular preterite adobei, past participle adobado)

1. (archaic) to prepare; to set up
2. (archaic) to repair
3. (cooking) to marinate; to season

Conjugation

    Conjugation of adobar

infinitive			adobar
gerund			adobando
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		adobado		adobados
		feminine		adobada		adobadas
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
	present	adobo	adobas	adoba	adobamos	adobades	adoban
	imperfect	adobaba	adobabas	adobaba	adobabamos	adobabades	adobaban
	preterite	adobei	adobaches	adobou	adobamos	adobastes	adobaron
	pluperfect	adobara	adobaras	adobara	adobaramos	adobarades	adobaran
	future	adobarei	adobarás	adobará	adobaremos	adobaredes	adobarán
	conditional	adobaría	adobarías	adobaría	adobariamos	adobariades	adobarían
subjunctive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
	present	adobe	adobes	adobe	adobemos	adobedes	adoben
	preterite	adobase	adobases	adobase	adobásemos	adobásedes	adobasen
	future	adobar	adobares	adobar	adobarmos	adobardes	adobaren
imperative		—	ti	Vde.	nós	vós	Vdes.
	affirmative	—	adoba	adobe	adobemos	adobade	adoben
	negative	—	adobes	adobe	adobemos	adobedes	adoben
personal infinitive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
		adobar	adobares	adobar	adobarmos	adobardes	adobaren

Derived terms

• adobiar
• adobío
• adobo

References

• "adubar" in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “adub” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.

• “adob” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.

• “adobar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.

• “adobar” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• “adobar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old French adober (“knighted”), from Frankish *dubban (“to hit, push”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adoˈbaɾ/, [aðoˈβaɾ]

Verb

adobar (first-person singular present adobo, first-person singular preterite adobé, past participle adobado)

1. to marinate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of adobar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

infinitive			adobar
gerund			adobando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		adobado		adobada
		plural		adobados		adobadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	adobo	adobastú adobásvos	adoba	adobamos	adobáis	adoban
	imperfect	adobaba	adobabas	adobaba	adobábamos	adobabais	adobaban
	preterite	adobé	adobaste	adobó	adobamos	adobasteis	adobaron
	future	adobaré	adobarás	adobará	adobaremos	adobaréis	adobarán
	conditional	adobaría	adobarías	adobaría	adobaríamos	adobaríais	adobarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	adobe	adobestú adobésvos2	adobe	adobemos	adobéis	adoben
	imperfect (ra)	adobara	adobaras	adobara	adobáramos	adobarais	adobaran
	imperfect (se)	adobase	adobases	adobase	adobásemos	adobaseis	adobasen
	future1	adobare	adobares	adobare	adobáremos	adobareis	adobaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		adobatú adobávos	adobe	adobemos	adobad	adoben
	negative		no adobes	no adobe	no adobemos	no adobéis	no adoben

• ¹ Mostly obsolete form, still used in legal jargon and set phrases.
• ² Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Related terms

• adobo

Further reading

• “adobar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.