saber

Meaning

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)

know

knowledge

can

taste

wisdom

learn

experience

science

be aware of

find out

learning

be able

wot

get to know

know about

know how

information

attainment

relish

scholarship

acquirement

examine

recognize

practical knowledge

skill

realize

have knowledge of

know how to

be able to

smack

cognition

noesis

cognise

cognize

live

initiation

knowledgeability

knowledgeableness

let know

research

manage

succeed

to know how

brain

craftspersonship

learning season

luggage, baggage

understand

knowledgeable

knows

Frequency

Hyphenated as

sa‧ber

Pronounced as (IPA)

/saˈbeɾ/

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).