sorbo

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsorbo/
• Rhymes: -orbo
• Syllabification: sor‧bo

Noun

sorbo (uncountable, accusative sorbon)

1. absorption

Fula

Noun

sorbo ngo

1. (Pular) courtship

Related terms

• sórbude
• sórbóndirde

References

• M. Niang (1997), Pulaar–English English–Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books

Italian

Etymology

From Latin sorbus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔr.bo/
• Rhymes: -ɔrbo
• Hyphenation: sòr‧bo

Noun

sorbo m (plural sorbi)

1. service tree (Sorbus domestica)
2. rowan or other tree of the genus Sorbus

   Synonym: sorba

Related terms

• sorba
• sorbola (“fruit”)

Further reading

• sorbo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoɾbo/ [ˈsoɾ.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -oɾbo
• Syllabification: sor‧bo

Etymology 1

Deverbal from sorber.

Noun

sorbo m (plural sorbos)

1. sip

   Synonym: tiento

Derived terms

• a sorbos

Etymology 2

Verb

sorbo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sorber

Further reading

• “sorbo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025