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Adobe (/ ə ˈ d oʊ b i / ⓘ ə-DOH-bee; [1] Spanish pronunciation:) is a building material made from earth and organic materials. Adobe is Spanish for mudbrick . In some English-speaking regions of Spanish heritage, such as the Southwestern United States , the term is used to refer to any kind of earthen construction, or various ...
Chipotles en adobo —smoked, ripe jalapeño peppers in adobo Peruvian adobo chicken made from dried aji panca (yellow lantern chili, Capsicum chinense). Adobo or adobar (Spanish: marinade, sauce, or seasoning) is the immersion of food in a stock (or sauce) composed variously of paprika, oregano, salt, garlic, and vinegar to preserve and enhance its flavor.
That creek is named because of the type of clay found there (Adobe being a Spanish word for Mudbrick). Adobe's corporate logo features a stylized "A" and was designed by graphic designer Marva Warnock, John Warnock's wife. [12] Steve Jobs attempted to buy the company for $5 million [13] in 1982, but Warnock and Geschke refused. Their investors ...
In European languages the early records are in medieval Spanish spelled adoba | adova and adobe with the same meaning as today's Spanish adobe, "sun-dried brick". [9] Other cases of Arabic 't' becoming medieval Spanish 'd' include es:Ajedrez, es:Algodón, es:Badana, es:Badea. [10] The word entered English from Mexico in the 18th and 19th ...
This word ending—thought to be difficult for Spanish speakers to pronounce at the time—evolved in Spanish into a "-te" ending (e.g. axolotl = ajolote). As a rule of thumb, a Spanish word for an animal, plant, food or home appliance widely used in Mexico and ending in "-te" is highly likely to have a Nahuatl origin.
Originates from "tule", a Spanish word of Aztec origin meaning "bulrush" Utah Valley, in northern Utah. Based on a Spanish designation for the Ute People, "Yuta", by the Dominguez-Escalante Expedition in the 1770s. The valley and surrounding area itself were originally named "Nuestra Senora de los Timpanogotiz"
Horno (/ ˈ ɔːr n oʊ / OR-noh; Spanish:) is a mud adobe-built outdoor oven used by the Native Americans and the early settlers of North America. [1] Originally introduced to the Iberian Peninsula by the Moors, it was quickly adopted and carried to all Spanish-occupied lands. [2] The horno has a beehive shape and uses wood as the heat source. [3]
The Spanish also applied the term adobo to any native dish that was marinated before consumption. However, the concept of cooking adobo already existed long before the arrival of the Spanish in 1521. [12] In the 1794 edition of the Vocabulario, it was applied to quilauìn a related but different dish which also primarily uses vinegar. [13]