sorbeto
See also: ŝorbeto
Latin
Verb
sorbētō
- second/third-person singular future active imperative of sorbeō
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /soɾˈbeto/ [soɾˈβ̞e.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -eto
- Syllabification: sor‧be‧to
Etymology 1
From Italian sorbetto, from Turkish şerbet (“sherbet”), from Arabic شُرْبَة (šurba, “a drink”), from Arabic شَرِبَ (šariba, “to drink”).
Noun
sorbeto m (plural sorbetos)
- (uncountable) sorbet
- (uncountable) (Cuba, Puerto Rico) sweet soft dough often with encrusted fruit or candy
- (countable) (Cuba, Puerto Rico) piece of such dough
- (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)
- (countable) (Panama, Puerto Rico) drinking straw
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pajita
Further reading
- “sorbeto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014