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5-letter words (7 found)

ABERS,BARES,BASER,BEARS,BRAES,SABER,SABRE,

4-letter words (18 found)

ABER,ARBS,ARES,ARSE,BAES,BARE,BARS,BASE,BEAR,BRAE,BRAS,EARS,ERAS,RASE,REBS,SABE,SEAR,SERA,

3-letter words (21 found)

ABS,ARB,ARE,ARS,BAE,BAR,BAS,BES,BRA,EAR,EAS,ERA,ERS,RAS,REB,RES,SAB,SAE,SAR,SEA,SER,

2-letter words (10 found)

AB,AE,AR,AS,BA,BE,EA,ER,ES,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 57 words from saber according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

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Definitions and meaning of saber

saber

Pronunciation

  • (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈseɪ.bɚ/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈseɪ.bə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -eɪbə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: sa‧ber

Noun

saber (plural sabers)

  1. (American spelling) Alternative form of sabre
  2. Clipping of lightsaber

Verb

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

  1. (American spelling) Alternative form of sabre

Translations

Anagrams

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

Asturian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sapere (“taste, know”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saˈbeɾ/, [saˈβ̞eɾ]

Verb

saber

  1. to know

Related terms

  • sabor

Catalan

Alternative forms

  • sabre, sebre (directly from Latin sapĕre)
  • sapiguer (dialectal)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan saber, from Vulgar Latin *sapēre, from Latin sapĕre (“taste, know”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [səˈβɛ]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [səˈbə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [saˈbeɾ]

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • saber greu
  • sabràs dos i dos quants fan

Related terms

  • sabor

Noun

saber m (plural sabers)

  1. knowledge, know-how

See also

  • conèixer (“to be familiar with”)

References

  • “saber” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “saber”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “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.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese saber, from Latin sapere (“taste, know”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saˈbeɾ/

Verb

saber (first-person singular present sei, first-person singular preterite souben, past participle sabido)
saber (first-person singular present sei, first-person singular preterite soubem or soube, past participle sabido, reintegrationist norm)

  1. to know (a fact)
  2. to know how to do (something)
  3. to find out
  4. (intransitive) to taste, to have a taste
    Sabe ben! ― It tastes good!
  5. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to like, enjoy
    A min sábeme o caldo. ― I like broth / I like this broth.

Usage notes

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.

Conjugation

Currently, it is not known where the first person singular form that is currently used for the present indicative, "sei", originates from.

Derived terms

  • seica

Related terms

  • sabor

See also

  • coñecer

Noun

saber m (plural saberes)

  1. knowledge, know-how

References

  • “saber” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “saber” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “saber” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “saber” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “saber” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Occitan

Alternative forms

  • saupre

Etymology

Inherited from Old Occitan saber, from Vulgar Latin *sapēre, from Latin sapĕre (“taste, know”).

Pronunciation

Verb

saber

  1. to know
    Antonym: ignorar

Conjugation

Related terms

  • sabor

Old Occitan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sapēre, from Latin sapĕre (“taste, know”).

Verb

saber

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

Noun

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

  1. knowledge

Related terms

  • sabor (noun)

Descendants

  • Catalan: saber

References

  • Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sapere”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 11: S–Si, page 193

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese saber, from Latin sapere (“taste, know”).

The 1SG reflects an original */ˈsajᵒ/, in common with other Romance languages, of uncertain origin. The present subjunctive forms show consonant metathesis (sapiām > */ˈsajpa/ > Pt. saiba).

Pronunciation

  • (Rural Central Brazil) IPA(key): /sɐˈbe(ɹ)/
  • Hyphenation: sa‧ber

Verb

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

  1. to know
    2. (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.
    4. (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.
    5. (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? ― Can you speak Russian?
  3. (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?
  4. (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.
  5. (Portugal) to have a pleasant taste
    Como sabe esse vinho! ― How good does this wine taste!
  6. to learn (to become informed of something)
    Eles querem saber mais sobre o projeto. ― They want to learn more about the project.

Usage notes

  • saber does not mean to know in the sense of knowing someone (who they are); for that, conhecer should be used instead.
  • although nonstandard, some speakers change the conjugation for the first person singular depending on the meaning of the verb: it is conjugated as sei if it means to know, but as saibo if it means to taste. Aside from this case, all the other verb forms are homonymous.

Conjugation

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:saber.

Synonyms

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

Descendants

  • Macau Pidgin Portuguese: 撒㗑, 撒備, 散拜
    • → Chinese Pidgin English: savvy, sarby

Noun

saber m (plural saberes)

  1. knowledge; lore (intellectual understanding)
    Synonyms: conhecimento, sabedoria

Derived terms

  • dar a saber
  • sabe-tudo

Related terms

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sapere (“taste, know”). Compare English savvy, savor.

The 1SG reflects an original */ˈsajᵒ/, in common with other Romance languages, of uncertain origin. The present subjunctive forms show consonant metathesis (sapiām > */ˈsajpa/ > Sp. sepa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saˈbeɾ/ [saˈβ̞eɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: sa‧ber

Verb

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

  1. to know (a fact), to wit
    Sé que volverá. ― I know that it'll come back.
    Lo siguiente que sé... ― Next thing I know...
    que yo sepa ― as far as I know
    Si tu supieras... ― If you knew...
  2. to know how to do something
  3. (in the preterite tense) to find out, to learn
  4. to taste
    Sabe a pollo. ― It tastes like chicken.
  5. to realize, to know (e.g. recognize)
  6. to tell, to know (i.e. to discern or distinguish if something is the case)
  7. (informal) to figure out
  8. to hear from (+ de)
  9. to hear of, to hear about, (+ de)
  10. to learn of, to learn about, to find out about, to know about (+ de)
  11. (reflexive) to be known
  12. (reflexive) to know (extremely well)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

Noun

saber m (plural saberes)

  1. knowledge

Derived terms

See also

  • conocer (“to know a person or place”)
  • saborear

Further reading

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

Source: wiktionary.org