sorbeto

See also: ŝorbeto

Latin

Verb

sorbētō

1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of sorbeō

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soɾˈbeto/ [soɾˈβ̞e.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification: sor‧be‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian sorbetto, from Turkish şerbet (“sherbet”), from Arabic شُرْبَة (šurba, “a drink”), from Arabic شَرِبَ (šariba, “to drink”).

Noun

sorbeto m (plural sorbetos)

1. (uncountable) sorbet
2. (uncountable) (Cuba, Puerto Rico) sweet soft dough often with encrusted fruit or candy
3. (countable) (Cuba, Puerto Rico) piece of such dough
4. (countable) (Costa Rica) wafer, oblea (thin wafer dessert filled with sweet filling)

Etymology 2

Derived from sorber (“suck [a liquid]”).

Noun

sorbeto m (plural sorbetos)

1. (countable) (Panama, Puerto Rico) drinking straw

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pajita

Further reading

• “sorbeto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10