beber
/beˈbeɾ/ · A1 · verb
to drink
🥤 beber shares a root with beverage: both from Latin bibere, to drink
Latin bibere (to drink) gave Spanish beber and, through Old French, English beverage and imbibe. Say beverage, keep the bev-, swap v for b, and you have beber. Like English drink, it can also mean drinking alcohol.