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I've always found the term "adobo" to be perplexing. After all, it sounds confusingly like adobe, the building material, and the word is a common denominator used in everything from canned Mexican chipotles to Filipino chicken over rice. Since I'm certain that I'm not the only person disoriented by this phrase, I've decided to set the record straight. Spanish for "marinade," adobo refers to a sauce or a seasoning. It's used in many different types of Latin-influenced cooking, including Spanish, Southwestern, Caribbean, and Filipino cuisines, where it goes by the same name but refers to completely different flavors. Learn about it when you read more.