sorbete

sorbēte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of sorbeō

• sorbeto

• IPA^(key): /soɾˈbete/ [soɾˈβ̞e.t̪e]

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• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: sor‧be‧te

Borrowed from French sorbet (“frozen fruit juice dessert”), cf. Brazilian Portuguese sorvete (“ice cream”), from Turkish şerbet (“sherbet”), from Arabic شُرْبَة (šurba, “a drink”), from Arabic شَرِبَ (šariba, “to drink”).

sorbete m (plural sorbetes)

1. sorbet
2. (El Salvador, Philippines) ice cream

   Synonyms: helado, (Mexico) nieve

sorbete m or f (masculine and feminine plural sorbetes)

1. (colloquial, El Salvador) having difficulty hearing; deaf

   Synonym: sordo

From sorber +‎ -ete.

sorbete m (plural sorbetes)

1. (Rioplatense, Ecuador, Peru) drinking straw

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pajita

• “sorbete”, 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
• “sorbete”, 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
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