sorbete

Latin

Verb

sorbēte

1. 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

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”).

Noun

sorbete m (plural sorbetes)

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

   Synonyms: helado, (Mexico) nieve

Adjective

sorbete m or f (masculine and feminine plural sorbetes)

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

   Synonym: sordo

Etymology 2

From sorber +‎ -ete.

Noun

sorbete m (plural sorbetes)

1. (countable, Argentina, Ecuador, Peru) drinking straw

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pajita

Further reading

• “sorbete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28