jarabe

Inherited from Old Spanish xarabe (compare Ladino sharope, Portuguese xarope, Catalan xarop), from Andalusian Arabic شَرَاب, from Classical Arabic شَرَاب (šarāb, “a drink, beverage, wine, coffee, syrup”). Compare English sharab, syrup.

• IPA^(key): /xaˈɾabe/ [xaˈɾa.β̞e]
• Rhymes: -abe
• Syllabification: ja‧ra‧be

jarabe m (plural jarabes)

1. syrup
2. juice

   Synonyms: zumo, jugo

3. (liquid) remedy

   Synonym: poción

4. a form of traditional Mexican dance music

• “jarabe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014