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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)
- learned
- wise
Derived terms
Noun
sabio m (plural sabios, feminine sabia, feminine plural sabias)
- learned person
- sage; wise person
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Italian
Etymology
From Arabic الصَّابِئَة (aṣ-ṣābiʔa), of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
sabio m (plural sabi, feminine sabia)
- 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
Noun
sabio m (plural sabios, feminine singular sabia, feminine plural sabias)
- 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.
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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/
- Rhymes: -abjo
- Syllabification: sa‧bio
Adjective
sabio (feminine sabia, masculine plural sabios, feminine plural sabias)
- learned
- Synonym: docto
- prudent; wise
- Synonyms: prudente, juicioso
Noun
sabio m (plural sabios, feminine sabia, feminine plural sabias)
- learned person
- wise person
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading