saber-fazer

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Portuguese

Etymology

Calque of French savoir-faire (“know-how”).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˌbe(ʁ).faˈze(ʁ)/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /saˌbe(ɾ).faˈze(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /saˌbe(ʁ).faˈze(ʁ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˌbe(ɻ).faˈze(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˌbeɾ.fɐˈzeɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˌbe.ɾi.fɐˈze.ɾi/

Noun

saber-fazer m (usually uncountable, plural saber-fazeres or saber-fazer)

know-how (the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly)
Synonyms: savoir-faire, know-how

References

^ “saber-fazer”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
^ “saber-fazer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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