sapere

• savere (obsolete)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sapēre, from Latin sapĕre (“taste, know”).

• IPA^(key): /saˈpe.re/

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• Rhymes: -ere
• Hyphenation: sa‧pé‧re

sapére (first-person singular present (with syntactic gemination after the verb) sò, first-person singular past historic sèppi, past participle sapùto, first-person singular future saprò, first-person singular subjunctive sàppia, second-person singular imperative sàppi, auxiliary avére or (as an auxiliary, with main verbs taking essere) èssere)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to know (information) [auxiliary avere]

   sa l'indirizzo ― he knows the address

   sapete che giudicheremo gli angeli?

   do you know that we will judge angels?

2. (transitive, auxiliary) to be able to, can, could (to know how to)

   Synonyms: potere, essere in grado

   so nuotare ― I can swim

3. (intransitive) to taste or smell [with di ‘like’] [auxiliary avere]

   questo pollo sa di rosmarino

   this chicken tastes like rosemary

4. (intransitive, by extension) to create the impression, to smack [with di ‘of’] [auxiliary avere]

   questa richiesta sa di ricatto

   this request smacks of blackmail

5. (transitive) to think or know that (someone) is in a certain place or condition

   ti sapevo all'estero

   I thought you were abroad

   sono felice di saperti sposata

   I'm happy to know you're married

6. (transitive) to come to know, to become informed of, to find out

   ho saputo che hai avviato un'attività

   I found out you started a business

7. (intransitive, impersonal) (with a, di, or [che + ind.]) to have a certain impression; to appear; to guess

   mi sa che questo non è di giusto

   it appears that this is not correct

   mi sa che ho sbagliato a parlargliene

   I guess that I was wrong to talk to him about it

• sapersi
• sapido
• sapienza
• sapore

sapere m (plural saperi)

1. knowledge, learning

   Synonym: sapienza

• sapere in Collins Italian-English Dictionary

• aperse, arpese, pesare, peserà, séparé

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.pe.re/, [ˈs̠äpɛrɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.pe.re/, [ˈsäːpere]

sapere

1. present active infinitive of sapiō

• sapé, sapè (alt. spellings)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sapēre, from Classical Latin sapĕre.

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [saˈpe]

sapere

1. to know

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1701: “forme dell'infinito: dare, potere, volere, sapere, vedere, bere, venire, avere, essere; participio passato: bevuto” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “sapere”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano