sabio

See also: Sabio and sábio

Italian

Etymology

From Arabic الصابئة‎ (al-Ṣābiʼah), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.bjo/
• Rhymes: -abjo
• Hyphenation: sà‧bio

Noun

sabio m (plural sabi, feminine sabia)

1. Sabian

References

• sabio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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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): [ˈsa.bjo]

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

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Spanish

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsabjo/, [ˈsa.β̞jo]

Adjective

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

1. learned

   Synonym: docto

2. prudent; wise

   Synonym: prudente

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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.