sorbete
Latin
Verb
sorbēte
- second-person plural present active imperative of sorbeō
Spanish
Alternative forms
- sorbeto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /soɾˈbete/ [soɾˈβ̞e.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ete
- Syllabification: sor‧be‧te
Etymology 1
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”).
Noun
sorbete m (plural sorbetes)
- sorbet
- (uncountable, El Salvador) ice cream
- Synonyms: helado, (Mexico) nieve
Etymology 2
From sorber + -ete.
Noun
sorbete m (plural sorbetes)
- (countable, Argentina, Ecuador, Peru) drinking straw
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pajita
Further reading
- “sorbete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014