adobar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French adober (“to knight, equip”), from Germanic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.ðuˈβa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.ðoˈba]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.ðoˈbaɾ]

Verb

adobar (first-person singular present adobo, first-person singular preterite adobí, past participle adobat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. (transitive) to prepare; set up
2. (transitive, cooking) to marinate
3. (transitive) to do up (put in a good state)
4. (transitive) to fertilize (to make the soil fertile by adding nutrients)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of adobar (first conjugation)

infinitive			adobar
gerund			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
	affirmative	—	adoba	adobi	adobem	adobeu	adobin
	negative (no)	—	no adobis	no adobi	no adobem	no adobeu	no adobin

Derived terms

• adob
• adobador
• adobament
• adobassar
• adobatge
• adober

Further reading

• “adobar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “adobar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “adobar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “adobar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

13th century. From Old French adober (“to knight, equip”), from Germanic.

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

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	adobar
Personal	adobar	adobares	adobar	adobarmos	adobardes	adobaren
Gerund
	adobando
Past participle
Masculine	adobado			adobados
Feminine	adobada			adobadas
Indicative
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
Present	adobe	adobes	adobe	adobemos	adobedes	adoben
Imperfect	adobase	adobases	adobase	adobásemos	adobásedes	adobasen
Future	adobar	adobares	adobar	adobarmos	adobardes	adobaren
Imperative
Affirmative		adoba	adobe	adobemos	adobade	adoben
Negative (non)		non adobes	non adobe	non adobemos	non adobedes	non adoben

    Reintegrated conjugation of adobar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	adobar
Personal	adobar	adobares	adobar	adobarmos	adobardes	adobarem
Gerund
	adobando
Past participle
Masculine	adobado			adobados
Feminine	adobada			adobadas
Indicative
Present	adobo	adobas	adoba	adobamos	adobades, adobais	adobam
Imperfect	adobava	adobavas	adobava	adobávamos	adobávades, adobáveis, adobávais1	adobavam
Preterite	adobei	adobaste, adobache1	adobou	adobamos	adobastes	adobárom, adobaram
Pluperfect	adobara	adobaras	adobara	adobáramos	adobárades, adobáreis, adobárais1	adobaram
Future	adobarei	adobarás	adobará	adobaremos	adobaredes, adobareis	adobarám, adobarão
Conditional	adobaria	adobarias	adobaria	adobaríamos	adobaríades, adobaríeis, adobaríais1	adobariam
Subjunctive
Present	adobe	adobes	adobe	adobemos	adobedes, adobeis	adobem
Imperfect	adobasse	adobasses	adobasse	adobássemos	adobássedes, adobásseis	adobassem
Future	adobar	adobares	adobar	adobarmos	adobardes	adobarem
Imperative
Affirmative		adoba	adobe	adobemos	adobade, adobai	adobem
Negative (nom)		nom adobes	nom adobe	nom adobemos	nom adobedes, nom adobeis	nom adobem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• adobeiro
• adobiar
• adobío
• adobo

References

• "adubar" in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “adub”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “adob”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “adobar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “adobar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “adobar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “adobar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

From Old French adober (“to knight, equip”), from Germanic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adoˈbaɾ/ [a.ð̞oˈβ̞aɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧do‧bar

Verb

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

1. (transitive) to marinate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of adobar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

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

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of adobar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive adobar	dative	adobarme	adobarte	adobarle, adobarse	adobarnos	adobaros	adobarles, adobarse
	accusative	adobarme	adobarte	adobarlo, adobarla, adobarse	adobarnos	adobaros	adobarlos, adobarlas, adobarse
with gerund adobando	dative	adobándome	adobándote	adobándole, adobándose	adobándonos	adobándoos	adobándoles, adobándose
	accusative	adobándome	adobándote	adobándolo, adobándola, adobándose	adobándonos	adobándoos	adobándolos, adobándolas, adobándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative adoba	dative	adóbame	adóbate	adóbale	adóbanos	not used	adóbales
	accusative	adóbame	adóbate	adóbalo, adóbala	adóbanos	not used	adóbalos, adóbalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative adobá	dative	adobame	adobate	adobale	adobanos	not used	adobales
	accusative	adobame	adobate	adobalo, adobala	adobanos	not used	adobalos, adobalas
with formal second-person singular imperative adobe	dative	adóbeme	not used	adóbele, adóbese	adóbenos	not used	adóbeles
	accusative	adóbeme	not used	adóbelo, adóbela, adóbese	adóbenos	not used	adóbelos, adóbelas
with first-person plural imperative adobemos	dative	not used	adobémoste	adobémosle	adobémonos	adobémoos	adobémosles
	accusative	not used	adobémoste	adobémoslo, adobémosla	adobémonos	adobémoos	adobémoslos, adobémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative adobad	dative	adobadme	not used	adobadle	adobadnos	adobaos	adobadles
	accusative	adobadme	not used	adobadlo, adobadla	adobadnos	adobaos	adobadlos, adobadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative adoben	dative	adóbenme	not used	adóbenle	adóbennos	not used	adóbenles, adóbense
	accusative	adóbenme	not used	adóbenlo, adóbenla	adóbennos	not used	adóbenlos, adóbenlas, adóbense

Derived terms

• adobo

Further reading

• “adobar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024