saber

• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈseɪ.bɚ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈseɪ.bə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -eɪbə(ɹ)

saber (plural sabers)

1. Alternative spelling of sabre

saber (third-person singular simple present sabers, present participle sabering, simple past and past participle sabered)

1. Alternative spelling of sabre

• BSAer, Bares, Brase, Breas, bares, barse, baser, bears, besra, braes, rabes, sabre

From Vulgar Latin *sapēre, from Latin sapere, present active infinitive of sapiō (“I taste”).

saber

1. to know

• sabor

From Old Occitan saber, from Vulgar Latin *sapēre, from Latin sapere, present active infinitive of sapiō (“I taste”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁p- (“to try, to research”).

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /səˈbə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /səˈbɛ/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /saˈbeɾ/

saber (first-person singular present sé, past participle sabut)

1. to know (a fact), to have knowledge
2. to know how to

• saber greu

• sabor

saber m (plural sabers)

1. knowledge, know-how

• conèixer (“to be familiar with”)

• “saber” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “saber” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “saber” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “saber” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Old Portuguese saber, from Vulgar Latin *sapēre, from Latin sapere, present active infinitive of sapiō (“I taste”).

saber (first-person singular present sei, first-person singular preterite souben, past participle sabido)

1. to know (a fact)
2. to know how to do (something)
3. first-person singular personal infinitive of saber
4. third-person singular personal infinitive of saber

Like Portuguese and Spanish, Galician has two different verbs that are usually translated to English as “to know”. The verb saber relates to factual knowledge and skills. In contrast, the verb coñecer relates to familiarity with people or places.

• sabor

• coñecer

• saupre

From Old Occitan saber, from Vulgar Latin *sapēre, from Latin sapere, present active infinitive of sapiō (“I taste”).

saber

1. to know

• sabor

From Vulgar Latin *sapēre, from Latin sapere, present active infinitive of sapiō (“I taste”).

saber

1. to taste (have a certain taste)
2. to know

saber m (oblique plural sabers, nominative singular sabers, nominative plural saber)

1. knowledge

• sabor (noun)

• Catalan: saber
• Occitan: saber

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “sapere”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 110, page 193

From Old Portuguese saber, from Vulgar Latin *sapēre, from Latin sapere, present active infinitive of sapiō (“I taste; I am wise”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁p- (“to try, to research”).

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐ.ˈbeɾ/, [sɐ.ˈβeɾ]
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.ˈbe(ʁ)/
  • (Paulista) IPA^(key): [sa.ˈbe(ɾ)], [sa.ˈbe(ɹ)]

saber (first-person singular present indicative sei, past participle sabido)

1. to know
   1. (intransitive) to be aware of a fact

      Perguntaram-me a resposta, mas eu não sabia.

      They asked me the answer, but I didn’t know.

      Sei que é verdade.

      I know it’s true.

   2. (transitive) to be aware of a value or piece of information

      Eu sei qual é a capital da Assíria.

      I know what is the capital of Assyria.

      Ele sabe duzentos algarismos do número neperiano.

      He knows two hundred digits of Euler’s number.

      Ninguém sabe qual é a velocidade aérea média de uma andorinha não carregada.

      Nobody knows what the average airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow is.

   3. (auxiliary with a verb in the impersonal infinitive) to know how to do something

      Não sei fazer isso, mas ela sabe.

      I don’t know how to do this, but she knows.

      Sabes falar russo?

      Do you know how to speak Russian?

2. (transitive with de or sobre) to know about; to have heard about

   Soube da explosão que houve no centro?

   Have you heard about the downtown explosion?

3. (Portugal) (transitive with a) to taste of (to have the same taste as)

   Um bom vinho sabe a carvalho.

   A good wine tastes like oak.

4. (Portugal) to have a pleasant taste

   Como sabe esse vinho!

   How good does this wine taste!

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:saber.

saber does not mean to know in the sense of knowing someone (who they are); for that, conhecer should be used instead.

• (to know a value): conhecer
• (to know how to do something): conseguir
• (to taste of): ter gosto de

saber m (plural saberes)

1. knowledge; lore (intellectual understanding)

• conhecimento, sabedoria

• dar a saber
• sabe-tudo

From Vulgar Latin *sapēre, from Latin sapere, present active infinitive of sapiō (“I taste”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁p- (“to try, to research”).

• IPA^(key): /saˈbeɾ/, [saˈβeɾ]

saber (first-person singular present sé, first-person singular preterite supe, past participle sabido)

1. to know (a fact)

   Sé que volverá – I know it'll come back

2. to know how to do something

   Sabe hablar español – He knows how to speak Spanish

3. (in the preterite tense) to find out
4. to taste

   Sabe a pollo – It tastes like chicken

• sabio
• sabiondo
• sabor

saber m (plural saberes)

1. knowledge

• conocer - to know a person or place
• saborear