saber
Portuguese
/sɐ.ˈbeɾ/, /sa.ˈbe(ʁ)/, /sa.ˈbe(ɾ)/
verb
Definitions
- to know
- to know about; to have heard about
- (Portugal) to taste of to have the same taste as
- (Portugal) to have a pleasant taste
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese saber inherited from Latin *sapēre, sapere (taste, be wise, be knowing, discern) derived from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁p- (research, try).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*seh₁p-
Gloss
research, try
Concept
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Cognates and derived terms
- savantism English
- *sapere Latin
- *sapius Latin
- *sapēre Latin
- homō Latin
- insipientia Latin
- sapere Latin
- sapere, sapio Latin
- sapidus Latin
- sapientia Latin
- sapiēns Latin
- sapiō Latin
- sapiō, sapere, sapio Latin
- sapiō, sapĕre Latin
- sapor Latin
- sapĕre, sapio Latin
- sapōrem, sapor Latin
- sibus Latin
- īnsipidus Latin
- sapere Italian
- idiot savant French
- savoir French
- sabedor Spanish, Castilian
- saber Spanish, Castilian
- *sap- Proto-Indo-European
- *seh₁p- Proto-Indo-European
- *sep-, *seh₁p- Proto-Indo-European
- insipient Old French
- saveir Old French
- savoir Old French
- saber Galician
- saber Old Portuguese
- saupre Occitan
- *sapiō Proto-Italic
- savair Romansh
- saveir Romansh
- saver Romansh
- saber Asturian
- savê Friulian
- saber Old Occitan
- sapiri Sicilian
- saver Venetian
- sa Papiamentu
- sabi Papiamentu
- savéi Ligurian
- sapro Dalmatian
- sabe Kabuverdianu
- sabi Sranan Tongo
- sapè Neapolitan
- savì Istriot
- sapè Corsican
- saper Aragonese
- sibi Guinea-Bissau Creole
- sapè Tarantino
- sabi Nigerian Pidgin
- sabi Krio
- sabir Sabir