sabe

See also: sabé, saʼbe, and Sabe

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish sabe (“knows”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsabe/, [ˈsa.be]
• Hyphenation: sa‧be

Verb

sabe

1. (pseudoverb) to know

Galician

Verb

sabe

1. inflection of saber:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese saber.

Verb

sabe

1. to know

Macanese

Alternative forms

• sá, sabi, sábi

Etymology

From Portuguese sabe, irregularly borrowing from the third-person present form of saber (which would have yielded *sabê). See têm for a similar phenomenon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.bi/, /ˈsa.bɛ/

Verb

sabe

1. (ambitransitive) to know

   Qui sabe! ― Who knows! / How should I know!

   Dios sabe. ― God knows.

   Iou nôm sabe úndi já rafundí iou-sa ôclo.

   I don't know where I put my glasses.

   Nôs sabe têm na úndi.

   We know where it is.

Usage notes

• sábi is a relatively common alternative spelling.

Related terms

• sabichám (“know-it-all”)

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.bi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.bi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.be/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.bɨ/ [ˈsa.βɨ]

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: (Brazil) -abi, (Portugal) -abɨ
• Hyphenation: sa‧be

Verb

sabe

1. inflection of saber:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsabe/ [ˈsa.β̞e]
• Rhymes: -abe
• Syllabification: sa‧be

Verb

sabe

1. inflection of saber:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative