sabo

Clipping of sabotage.

sabo (third-person singular simple present sabos, present participle saboing, simple past and past participle saboed)

1. (transitive, Singapore, colloquial, informal, Singlish) To get someone in trouble, to prank, to sabotage another's efforts.

sabo (plural sabos)

1. (slang) A saboteur.

• ASBO, Abos, Asbo, BAOs, Baos, abos, asbo, baos, baso-, boas, bosa, obas, soba

• Hyphenation: sa‧bo
• IPA^(key): /saˈbo/

sabó

1. suds, lather, foam

   Synonym: subo

• IPA^(key): /sáː.bóː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key):

sābō (feminine sābuwā, plural sā̀bàbbī or sàbbī)

1. new

   Antonym: tsoho

• sabunta

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Wikipedia ^id

Borrowed from Japanese 砂防(さぼう) (sabō, “erosion control”).

• IPA^(key): /sa.bo/
• Hyphenation: sa‧bo

sabo

1. (geology) erosion control.

• “sabo” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

An error in generalization of the irregular verb; saber + -o (suffix indicating the first-person singular present indicative of verbs). Cognate with Spanish sabo.

• Hyphenation: sa‧bo

sabo

1. (nonstandard or humorous) first-person singular present indicative of saber

Typical of both non-native speakers and children who are native speakers, having given rise to the humorous phrase eu não sabo. The standard form is sei.

An error in generalization of the irregular verb; saber + -o (suffix indicating the first-person singular present indicative of verbs).

sabo

1. (nonstandard) first-person singular present indicative of saber
   • 1930, Memoirs of the American Folk-lore Society:

     Había una ve un niño muí probe en una suidá que se mantenía disiendo que éi sabía má que ei rey. Siempre cantando desía: — Yo sabo má que ei rey, yo sabo má que ei rey.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2003, Culture Clash, “Bordertown: San Diego & Tijuana”, in Culture Clash in Americca, Theatre Communications Group, →ISBN, page 40:

     Mexican Militia Man: ¿Hablan Español? / American 1: ¡Sí, yo sabo poquito!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2012, Moira Young, translated by Verónica Canales Medina, Corazón de fuego, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, →ISBN:

     Sé fuerte, porque yo sabo que lo eres.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Typical of both non-native speakers and children who are native speakers,^[1] having given rise to the humorous phrase yo no sabo. The standard form is sé.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsabo/
• Rhymes: -abo
• Syllabification: sa‧bo

sabo (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜊᜓ)

1. large group; large flock (of birds or other animals, especially those attracted by a decoy)

   Synonyms: kawan, langkay

2. suitors attracted (by a woman)
3. attraction of a large group (towards a woman, decoy, etc.)

• sabuhin

• baso

From Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin sabbatum, from Ancient Greek σάββατον (sábbaton), from Hebrew שבת (shabbat, “Sabbath”) Compare Italian sabato.

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sabo m (plural sabi)

1. Saturday