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Latin
Verb
sorbēte
- second-person plural present active imperative of sorbeō
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /soɾˈbete/
- 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)
- sorbet
- (El Salvador, Philippines) ice cream
- Synonyms: helado, (Mexico) nieve
Adjective
sorbete m or f (masculine and feminine plural sorbetes)
- (colloquial, El Salvador) having difficulty hearing; deaf
- Synonym: sordo
Etymology 2
From sorber + -ete.
Noun
sorbete m (plural sorbetes)
- (countable, Argentina, Ecuador, Peru) drinking straw
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pajita
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