sorbeto

sorbētō

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

• IPA^(key): /soɾˈbeto/ [soɾˈβ̞e.t̪o]

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• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification: sor‧be‧to

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

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)

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

sorbeto m (plural sorbetos)

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

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pajita

• “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], 10 December 2024
• “sorbeto”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• Tesoro lexicográfico del español de Puerto Rico | sorbeto.