aderezo

See also: aderezó

Galician

Alternative forms

• adrez, adrezo
• adereço (Reintegrationist)

Etymology

Deverbal from aderezar. First attested in 1746. Compare English address.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /adeˈɾeθo/ [a.ð̞eˈɾe.θʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /adeˈɾeθo/ [a.ð̞eˈɾe.θʊ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /adeˈɾeso/ [a.ð̞eˈɾe.sʊ]

 

• Rhymes: -eθo

• (standard) Rhymes: -eθo
• (seseo) Rhymes: -eso

• Hyphenation: a‧de‧re‧zo

Noun

aderezo m (plural aderezos)

1. seasoning, dressing; topping

   Synonym: adobo

2. ornament

   Synonyms: adobío, adorno, afeite, atavío, enfeite

3. a piece or a set of jewellery

References

• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “aderezo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “aderezo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “aderezo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adeˈɾeθo/ [a.ð̞eˈɾe.θo] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /adeˈɾeso/ [a.ð̞eˈɾe.so] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -eθo (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• Rhymes: -eso (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: a‧de‧re‧zo

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Spanish a-

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dīs-

Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós

Proto-Italic *rektos

Latin rēctus

Latin dīrēctus

Proto-Indo-European *-yetider.

Latin -iāre

Vulgar Latin *dīrēctiāre

Old Spanish dereçar

Spanish derezar

Spanish aderezardeverb.

Spanish aderezo

Deverbal from aderezar. Compare English address.

Noun

aderezo m (plural aderezos)

1. seasoning, dressing

   Synonyms: aliño, condimento

Etymology 2

Verb

aderezo

1. first-person singular present indicative of aderezar

Further reading

• “aderezo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025