sabor

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan sabor, from Latin sapōrem (“flavor, taste”), noun based on sapere (“to taste”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [səˈβor]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [səˈbo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [saˈboɾ]
• Rhymes: -o(ɾ)
• Hyphenation: sa‧bor

Noun

sabor m or (archaic, poetic or regional) f (plural sabors)

1. taste, flavor

Derived terms

• assaborir
• dessabor
• saborós

Related terms

• saber

References

• “sabor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “sabor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish sabor (“taste”), from Latin sapor (“flavor, taste”), from sapiō (“I taste of”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁p- (“to try, to research”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈboɾ/, [saˈboɾ]
• Hyphenation: sa‧bor

Noun

sabor

1. taste; flavor

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈboɾ/ [s̺aˈβ̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Hyphenation: sa‧bor

Noun

sabor m (plural sabores)

1. taste

Further reading

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

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin sapor, from sapere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈβu/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

sabor f (plural sabors)

1. (Languedoc) taste or smell of something, aroma, flavor

Derived terms

• saboral
• saborar
• saborejar
• saborós
• saborosament
• saborum

References

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 572.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sabor, from Latin sapōrem (“flavor, taste”), from sapiō (“to taste of”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁p- (“to try, to research”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈboʁ/ [saˈboh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈboʁ/ [saˈboh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /saˈboɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /saˈboʁ/ [saˈboχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈboɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈboɾ/ [sɐˈβoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈboɾ/ [sɐˈβoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈbo.ɾi/ [sɐˈβo.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: sa‧bor

Noun

sabor m (plural sabores)

1. flavour (the quality produced by the sensation of taste)

   Synonyms: gosto, paladar, saibo

2. (figurative) an enjoyable quality
   • 2005, Sara Tavares, Lisboa Kuya:

     a certeza de que nada mais terá o mesmo sabor

     the certainty that nothing else will have the same flavour

3. (particle physics) flavour

Related terms

• dissabor
• saber
• saboreado
• saborear
• saboreável
• saborosamente
• saboroso

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sǎːbor/
• Hyphenation: sa‧bor

Noun

sábor m (Cyrillic spelling са́бор)

1. assembly
2. parliament

Declension

Declension of sabor

	singular	plural
nominative	sabor	sabori
genitive	sabora	sabora
dative	saboru	saborima
accusative	sabor	sabore
vocative	saboru / sabore	sabori
locative	saboru	saborima
instrumental	saborom	saborima

Related terms

• sàbrati

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sapōrem (“flavor, taste”), from sapere (“to taste of”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁p- (“to try, to research”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈboɾ/ [saˈβ̞oɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: sa‧bor

Noun

sabor m (plural sabores)

1. flavor; taste

   Synonym: gusto

   Me gustan el chicle con sabor a menta y también el chicle con sabor a limón.

   I like peppermint flavor gum and also lemon flavor gum.

2. (Mexico, colloquial) seasoning

   Synonym: sazón

Derived terms

• ahora es cuando, chile verde, le has de dar sabor al caldo
• saborear
• saborizante
• saborizar

Related terms

• saber
• sabroso

Further reading

• “sabor”, 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

Anagrams

• rabos, robas, sobar, sobra, sorba