saber

Signification

1. to know (a fact)
2. to know how to do something
3. to find out, to learn
4. to taste (i.e. have a flavour)
5. to realize, to know (i.e. 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
9. to hear of, to hear about
10. to learn, to find out, to know
11. (reflexive) to be known
12. (reflexive) to know (extremely well)

Fréquence

Coupé comme

sa‧ber

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/saˈbeɾ/

Étymologie

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).