/saˈβeɾ/

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Translation

to know (facts), to taste

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Word origin

From Latin sapere ('to taste, to have flavour', and figuratively 'to be wise, to know'). The same root gives the Spanish noun sabor ('flavour').

Origin
Latin
Root
sapere
English cognates
savour, sapient, savvy

Grammar

Verb typeirregular

Conjugation

Regular spanish-irregular conjugation. Pronouns: yo, tú, él/ella/ud., nos., vos., ellos/uds..

Indicative

Person PresentPreteriteImperfectFutureConditional
yosésupesabíasabrésabría
túsabessupistesabíassabrássabrías
él/ella/ud.sabesuposabíasabrásabría
nos.sabemossupimossabíamossabremossabríamos
vos.sabéissupisteissabíaissabréissabríais
ellos/uds.sabensupieronsabíansabránsabrían

Subjunctive

Person PresentImperfect (-ra)Imperfect (-se)
yosepasupierasupiese
túsepassupierassupieses
él/ella/ud.sepasupierasupiese
nos.sepamossupiéramossupiésemos
vos.sepáissupieraissupieseis
ellos/uds.sepansupieransupiesen

Imperative

Person Affirmative
túsabe
ud.sepa
nosotrossepamos
vosotrossabed
uds.sepan

Non-finite

Gerund / present participle
sabiendo
Past participle
sabido

Examples

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I cannot know whether it is true without more information.

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Knowing languages opens many professional doors.

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One would need to know exactly what happened that night.

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She knows very well what she wants from life.

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We will never know how that story would have ended.

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This word is taught in chapter 2, lesson 4: saber, pero, sí and 11 more words.