sorva
Portuguese, noun/ˈsoʁ.vɐ/
sorva is spelled S-O-R-V-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written Portuguese, the 189,447th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sorva is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “serviceberry, sorb” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of sorver. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fruto da sorveira”.
What does sorva mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineserviceberry, sorb
- 2
feminineservice tree (Sorbus domestica, a deciduous tree or shrub of Eurasia)
- 3
femininecow tree (Couma macrocarpa)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fruto da sorveira 2. sorveira, arbusto que chega a árvore, originária da ilha da Madeira, da espécie Sorbus domestica 3. plástico natural obtido da sorva-pequena
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sorva
- sorvas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sorva?
- Brazil /ˈsoʁ.vɐ/
- Brazil [ˈsoɦ.vɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sorva in Portuguese?
sorva appears about once in every 45 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).