wise

Significado

Adj

1. Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.
2. (colloquial) Disrespectful.
3. (colloquial) Aware, informed (to something).

Verb

1. To become wise.
2. (slang) Usually with "up", to inform or learn.

Noun

Way, manner, or method.

Verb

1. To instruct.
2. To advise; induce.
3. To show the way, guide.
4. To direct the course of, pilot.
5. To cause to turn.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/waɪz/

Etimologia

From Middle English wis, wys, from Old English wīs (“wise”), from Proto-Germanic *wīsaz (“wise”), from Proto-Indo-European *weydstos, *weydtos, a participle form of *weyd-.
Cognate with Dutch wijs, German weise, Norwegian and Swedish vis. Compare wit.

Frases

Wisdom is the wealth of the wise .

A sabedoria é a riqueza dos sábios.