Vilco wrote:
> Victor Sack wrote:
>
> > chili peppers and transplanted mediterranean herbs. The
> > dishes cooked in the sauces are called adobados.
>
> Well, so this leads me to think that the mexican name "adobo" is
> theyr version of the italian "addobbo", and mexican "adobado" is
> the equivalent to italian "addobbato".
> In italian, "addobbo" means decoration, as the things we put onto
> christmas tree.
> "Addobbato" means decorated.
> The mexican use of these wordd seems to have moved from
> aesthetics to cooking.
> --
Spanish
adobar- to marinate,to cook, to prepare

In this case,go with "marinate"
Adobado/a means "marinated"
Adobo more or less means "marinade"