sorver
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese sorver, from Latin sorbēre.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /soʁˈve(ʁ)/ [soɦˈve(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /soɾˈve(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /soʁˈve(ʁ)/ [soʁˈve(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /soɻˈve(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /suɾˈveɾ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /suɾˈbeɾ/ [suɾˈβeɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /suɾˈve.ɾi/
Verb
sorver (first-person singular present sorvo, first-person singular preterite sorvi, past participle sorvido)
- to sip (to drink slowly, small mouthfuls at a time)
- Synonym: bebericar
- (transitive) to absorb; to suck up (to take in fluid)
- Synonym: absorver
- (transitive) to aspire, to inspire (to take in air, gas, or similar matter)
Conjugation
Conjugation of sorver (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Derived terms
- sorvedela
- sorvedoiro
- sorvedouro
- sorvedura
- sorvo
Related terms
Further reading
- “sorver”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025