sabio

See also: Sabio and sábio

Galician

Alternative forms

• sábio (reintegrationist)

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsabjo/ [ˈs̺a.β̞jʊ]
• Rhymes: -abjo
• Hyphenation: sa‧bio

Adjective

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

1. learned, wise

Derived terms

• sabiamente

Noun

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

1. learned person
2. sage; wise person

Related terms

• sabedoría
• saber

Further reading

• “sabio”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

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.

Related terms

• saber

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):

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• 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

• Siete Sabios

Related terms

• saber
• sabiduría f

Further reading

• “sabio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10