sorber
Spanish, verb/soɾˈbeɾ/
sorber is spelled S-O-R-B-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 86,552nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sorber is a Spanish verb meaning “to sip, suck” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Atraer alguna cosa líquida hacia dentro con el aliento de la boca”.
What does sorber mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sip, suck
- 2
to absorb, suck in, soak up
- 3
to swallow
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Atraer alguna cosa líquida hacia dentro con el aliento de la boca. 2. Atraer dentro de sí algunas cosas aunque no sean líquidas. 3. Recibir o esconder una cosa hueca o esponjosa alguna otra dentro sí o en su concavidad. 4. Consumir, acabar o traer a sí alguna cosa con estrago.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sorber
- sorbo first-person present singular
- sorbí first-person preterite singular
- sorbido participle past
- sorbiendo gerund
- sorbida feminine participle past
- sorbidos masculine participle past
- sorbidas feminine participle past
- sorbes indicative informal present
- sorbés indicative informal present
- sorbe indicative present singular
- sorbemos first-person indicative plural
- sorbéis indicative plural present
- sorben indicative plural present
- sorbía first-person imperfect indicative
- sorbías imperfect indicative second-person
- sorbíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- sorbíais imperfect indicative plural
- sorbían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sorber?
- /soɾˈbeɾ/
- [soɾˈβ̞eɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sorber
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sorber in Spanish?
sorber appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).