sorver
Portuguese, verb/soʁˈve(ʁ)/
sorver is spelled S-O-R-V-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese, the 119,611th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sorver is a Portuguese verb meaning “to sip (to drink slowly, small mouthfuls at a time)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “beber aspirando”.
What does sorver mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sip (to drink slowly, small mouthfuls at a time)
- 2
to absorb; to suck up (to take in fluid)
- 3
to aspire, to inspire (to take in air, gas, or similar matter)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. beber aspirando 2. afundar 3. recolher 4. devorar
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 sorver
- sorvo first-person present singular
- sorvi first-person preterite singular
- sorvido participle past
- sorveres infinitive second-person singular
- sorvermos first-person infinitive plural
- sorverdes infinitive plural second-person
- sorverem infinitive plural third-person
- sorvendo gerund
- sorvidos masculine participle past
- sorvida feminine participle past
- sorvidas feminine participle past
- sorves indicative present second-person
- sorve indicative present singular
- sorvemos first-person indicative plural
- sorveis indicative plural present
- sorvem indicative plural present
- sorvia first-person imperfect indicative
- sorvias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sorver?
- Brazil /soʁˈve(ʁ)/
- Brazil [soɦˈve(h)]
- Portugal /suɾ.ˈveɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sorver
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sorver in Portuguese?
sorver appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).