sabio

See also: Sabio and sábio

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sabio (wise), from Latin sapĭdus (wise), from sapiō (to be wise, literally to taste of), from Proto-Indo-European *sap- (to try, to research).

Adjective

sabio (feminine sabia, masculine plural sabios, feminine plural sabias)

  1. learned
  2. wise

Derived terms

Noun

sabio m (plural sabios, feminine sabia, feminine plural sabias)

  1. learned person
  2. sage; wise person

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

From Arabic الصَّابِئَة (aṣ-ṣābiʔa), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsa.bjo/
  • Rhymes: -abjo
  • Hyphenation: sà‧bio

Noun

sabio m (plural sabi, feminine sabia)

  1. Sabian

Further reading

  • sabio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sapidus, from sapiō (to be wise, literally to taste of), from Proto-Indo-European *sap- (to try, to research).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsabjo/

Noun

sabio m (plural sabios, feminine singular sabia, feminine plural sabias)

  1. someone learned, a wise man; sage
    • c. 1200: Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 64v.
      e el reẏ con ſana q́ auie mando que mataſen todos los ſabios de babilonna e demandaron a danel e aſos conpaneros por matar
      And the king, full of anger, ordered all the wise men of Babylon be put to death, and they sought Daniel and his companions to put them to death.

Descendants

  • Spanish: sabio

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish sabio, from Latin sapidus, from sapiō (to be wise, literally to taste of), from Proto-Indo-European *sap- (to try, to research). Doublet of sápido.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsabjo/ [ˈsa.β̞jo]
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -abjo
  • Syllabification: sa‧bio

Adjective

sabio (feminine sabia, masculine plural sabios, feminine plural sabias)

  1. learned
    Synonym: docto
  2. prudent; wise
    Synonyms: prudente, juicioso

Noun

sabio m (plural sabios, feminine sabia, feminine plural sabias)

  1. learned person
  2. wise person

Derived terms

Further reading

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