saper
Appearance
Aragonese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin sapere (“taste, know”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]saper
- to know
References
[edit]- “saber”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Italian zappare (“to hoe”).
Verb
[edit]saper
- (transitive) to sap, do sapping work on (to subvert by digging)
- (transitive, figurative) to erode, wear down, undermine
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Unknown.
Verb
[edit]saper
- (informal, transitive, reflexive, Europe, Africa) to dress
- Ce type-là est toujours bien sapé.
- That guy is always well-dressed.
Etymology 3
[edit]Verb
[edit]saper
- (transitive, informal, Quebec) to eat or chew noisily
- (transitive, informal, Quebec) to slurp
Etymology 4
[edit]From sape, from Latin sappa. Compare Italian zappare, Friulian sapâ, Venetan sapar, Romanian săpa.
Verb
[edit]saper
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of saper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | saper | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | sapant /sa.pɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | sapé /sa.pe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | sape /sap/ |
sapes /sap/ |
sape /sap/ |
sapons /sa.pɔ̃/ |
sapez /sa.pe/ |
sapent /sap/ |
imperfect | sapais /sa.pɛ/ |
sapais /sa.pɛ/ |
sapait /sa.pɛ/ |
sapions /sa.pjɔ̃/ |
sapiez /sa.pje/ |
sapaient /sa.pɛ/ | |
past historic2 | sapai /sa.pe/ |
sapas /sa.pa/ |
sapa /sa.pa/ |
sapâmes /sa.pam/ |
sapâtes /sa.pat/ |
sapèrent /sa.pɛʁ/ | |
future | saperai /sa.pʁe/ |
saperas /sa.pʁa/ |
sapera /sa.pʁa/ |
saperons /sa.pʁɔ̃/ |
saperez /sa.pʁe/ |
saperont /sa.pʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | saperais /sa.pʁɛ/ |
saperais /sa.pʁɛ/ |
saperait /sa.pʁɛ/ |
saperions /sa.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
saperiez /sa.pə.ʁje/ |
saperaient /sa.pʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | sape /sap/ |
sapes /sap/ |
sape /sap/ |
sapions /sa.pjɔ̃/ |
sapiez /sa.pje/ |
sapent /sap/ |
imperfect2 | sapasse /sa.pas/ |
sapasses /sa.pas/ |
sapât /sa.pa/ |
sapassions /sa.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
sapassiez /sa.pa.sje/ |
sapassent /sa.pas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | sape /sap/ |
— | sapons /sa.pɔ̃/ |
sapez /sa.pe/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “saper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
[edit]Interlingua
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]saper
- to know
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of saper
infinitive | saper | ||
---|---|---|---|
participle | present | perfect | |
sapente, sapiente | sapite | ||
active | simple | perfect | |
present | sape | ha sapite | |
past | sapeva | habeva sapite | |
future | sapera | habera sapite | |
conditional | saperea | haberea sapite | |
imperative | sape | ||
passive | simple | perfect | |
present | es sapite | ha essite sapite | |
past | esseva sapite | habeva essite sapite | |
future | essera sapite | habera essite sapite | |
conditional | esserea sapite | haberea essite sapite | |
imperative | sia sapite |
Italian
[edit]Verb
[edit]saper (apocopated)
Anagrams
[edit]Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French sapeur, from Middle French sappeur.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]saper m pers (female equivalent saperka)
Declension
[edit]Declension of saper
Derived terms
[edit]adjective
Further reading
[edit]- saper in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- saper in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Torres Strait Creole
[edit]Noun
[edit]saper
- (Eastern dialect) flying fox, fruit bat
Synonyms
[edit]- sapur (Western dialect)
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