sapere

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Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sapēre, from Latin sapĕre (taste, know).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /saˈpe.re/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ere
  • Hyphenation: sa‧pé‧re

Verb

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sapére (first-person singular present (with syntactic gemination after the verb) , first-person singular past historic sèppi, past participle sapùto, first-person singular future saprò, first-person singular subjunctive sàppia, second-person singular imperative sàppi, auxiliary avére or (as an auxiliary, with main verbs taking essere) èssere)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to know (information) [auxiliary avere]
    sa l'indirizzohe knows the address
    sapete che giudicheremo gli angeli?
    do you know that we will judge angels?
  2. (transitive, auxiliary) to be able to, can, could (to know how to)
    Synonyms: potere, essere in grado
    so nuotareI can swim
  3. (intransitive) to taste or smell [with di ‘like’] [auxiliary avere]
    questo pollo sa di rosmarino
    this chicken tastes like rosemary
  4. (intransitive, by extension) to create the impression, to smack [with di ‘of’] [auxiliary avere]
    questa richiesta sa di ricatto
    this request smacks of blackmail
  5. (transitive) to think or know that (someone) is in a certain place or condition
    ti sapevo all'estero
    I thought you were abroad
    sono felice di saperti sposata
    I'm happy to know you're married
  6. (transitive) to come to know, to become informed of, to find out
    ho saputo che hai avviato un'attività
    I found out you started a business
  7. (intransitive, impersonal) (with a, di, or [che + ind.]) to have a certain impression; to appear; to guess
    mi sa che questo non è di giusto
    it appears that this is not correct
    mi sa che ho sbagliato a parlargliene
    I guess that I was wrong to talk to him about it

Conjugation

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Noun

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sapere m (plural saperi)

  1. knowledge, learning
    Synonym: sapienza

Further reading

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  • sapere in Collins Italian-English Dictionary

Anagrams

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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sapere

  1. present active infinitive of sapiō

Neapolitan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sapēre, from Classical Latin sapĕre.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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sapere

  1. to know

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