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.