sorber

v.

1 to sip.

2 to soak up, to absorb.

3 to draw or suck in.

4 to drink in (escuchar atentamente).

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sorber

► verbo transitivo

1 (líquido) to sip

2 figurado (absorber) to absorb, soak up

► verbo pronominal sorberse

1 figurado to absorb, soak up

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FRASEOLOGÍA

sorberle el seso a alguien familiar to go to somebody's head

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verb

to sip

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VT

1) (=beber) [poco a poco] to sip; [chupando] to suck up

sorber por una paja — to drink through a straw

sorber por las narices — [gen] to sniff, sniff in, sniff up; (Med) to inhale

2) (=absorber) [esponja, papel secante] to soak up, absorb

3) (=tragar) [mar] to suck down, swallow up; [+ palabras] to drink in

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) (beber) to suck in o up; (tomar poco a poco) to sip

b) esponja to absorb, soak up

2.

sorberse v pron

sorberse los mocos — (fam) to sniff o sniffle

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= sip.

Ex. People engage in a wide range of activities in libraries, from lively dialog while munching sandwiches and sipping soda, to flirting and caressing, to the more traditional activities of reading and information searching.

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* hacer ruido al sorber = slurp.

* sorber haciendo ruido = slurp.

* sorber ruidosamente = slurp.

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) (beber) to suck in o up; (tomar poco a poco) to sip

b) esponja to absorb, soak up

2.

sorberse v pron

sorberse los mocos — (fam) to sniff o sniffle

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= sip.

Ex: People engage in a wide range of activities in libraries, from lively dialog while munching sandwiches and sipping soda, to flirting and caressing, to the more traditional activities of reading and information searching.

* hacer ruido al sorber = slurp.

* sorber haciendo ruido = slurp.

* sorber ruidosamente = slurp.

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sorber [E1 ]

vt

1 (chupar) ‹bebida› to suck in/up; ‹huevo› to suck out

parecía que sorbía sus palabras (liter); she seemed to be drinking in his words (liter)

seso

2 (tomar poco a poco) to sip

3 «esponja» to absorb, soak up

4 «mar» to swallow up

■ sorberse

v pron

deja de sorberte los mocos (fam); stop sniffing o sniffling

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sorber (conjugate sorber) verbo transitivo

a) (beber) to suck in o up;

(tomar poco a poco) to sip

b) [esponja] to absorb, soak up

sorber verbo transitivo
1 (beber aspirando) to sip
(haciendo ruido) to slurp
2 (absorber un líquido) to absorb, soak up
3 (la nariz) to sniff
♦ Locuciones: sorber el seso: te están sorbiendo el seso, they are brainwashing you
'sorber' also found in these entries:
English:
sip
- suck
- slurp

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sorber

♦ vt

1. [beber] to sip;

[haciendo ruido] to slurp

2. [absorber] to soak up, to absorb;

sorbía las palabras del conferenciante [escuchaba atentamente] she drank in the speaker's words

3. [atraer] to draw o suck in

♦ See also the pronominal verb sorberse

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sorber

v/t sip

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sorber vt

1) : to sip, to suck in

2) : to absorb, to soak up

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sorber vb

1. (líquido) to sip [pt. & pp. sipped]

2. (con pajita) to drink [pt. drank; pp. drunk]

3. (haciendo ruido) to slurp