sorbeto
See also: ŝorbeto
Latin edit
Verb edit
sorbētō
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Italian sorbetto, from Turkish şerbet (“sherbet”), from Arabic شُرْبَة (šurba, “a drink”), from Arabic شَرِبَ (šariba, “to drink”).
Noun edit
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 edit
Derived from sorber (“suck [a liquid]”).
Noun edit
sorbeto m (plural sorbetos)
- (countable) (Panama, Puerto Rico) drinking straw
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pajita
Further reading edit
- “sorbeto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014