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sabe

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See also: sabé

Galician

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Verb

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sabe

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

Kabuverdianu

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Etymology

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From Portuguese saber.

Verb

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sabe

  1. to know

Macanese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsa.bi/, /ˈsa.bɛ/

Verb

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sabe

  1. to know
    qui sabe!who knows! how should I know!
    Dios sabeGod 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

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  • sábi is a relatively common alternative spelling.
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References

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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

Verb

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sabe

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

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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

Verb

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sabe

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