Sorbetis

It’s National Ice Cream Day! Featuring @wanderlustcreamery’s ice cream version of the Kapampángan halo-halo!


Also featured in our post is Helado Mantecado, a traditional Kapampángan ice cream recipe from Sulipan, Apalit, Pampanga!


How do you say “ice cream” in your language?


SORBÉTIS • (sor-BEH-tis)
ice cream
Tagálog (Filipino): sorbétes


Etymology
From Spanish sorbetes, plural form of sorbete (“sorbet”; also “ice cream” in El Salvador), from Italian sorbetto, from Ottoman Turkish شربت (şerbet) “sherbet”, from Arabic شربة (šarba) “drink”.


Derived Word
SORBETÉRU • (sor-beh-TEH-roo)
ice cream vendor
Tagálog (Filipino): sorbetéro


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