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/Sounds like "sohr" (as in "solo") + "BEH" (as in "bed") + "teh" (as in "ten")/

Meaning

A drinking straw in Guatemala and El Salvador. The funny thing is that in other countries 'sorbete' means fruit sorbet, so ordering a sorbete can cause epic confusion.

Examples

Pass me a sorbete for the juice.

Paper sorbetes fall apart too fast.

Regional synonyms
Bandera de Costa Rica
Bandera de Panamá
Bandera de Nicaragua
Pitillo
Bandera de México
Popote

A blockhead or dimwit who makes the most basic mistakes over and over, in Spain, Argentina, and Chile. A zoquete is not just clueless once: they are consistently, reliably wrong no matter how patiently you explain things.