Inherited fromVulgar Latin *sapēre , fromLatin sapĕre ( “ taste, know ” ) .
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 takingessere ) èssere )
( ambitransitive ) toknow (information) [auxiliaryavere ]sa l'indirizzo ―heknows the address sapete che giudicheremo gli angeli?do youknow that we will judge angels? ( transitive , auxiliary ) tobe able to ,can ,could ( to know how to ) Synonyms: potere ,essere in grado so nuotare ―Ican swim ( intransitive ) totaste orsmell [with di ‘like’ ] [auxiliaryavere ]questo pollosa di rosmarino this chickentastes like rosemary ( intransitive , by extension) tocreate theimpression , tosmack [with di ‘of’ ] [auxiliaryavere ]questa richiestasa di ricatto this requestsmacks of blackmail ( transitive ) tothink orknow that (someone) is in a certain place or conditiontisapevo all'estero Ithought you were abroad sono felice disaperti sposata I'm happy toknow you're married ( transitive ) to come toknow , to becomeinformed of, tofind out ho saputo che hai avviato un'attivitàIfound out you started a business ( intransitive , impersonal ) (witha ,di , or [che +ind. ]) to have a certainimpression ; toappear ; toguess mi sa che questo non è giustoit appears that this is not correctmi sa che ho sbagliato a parlarglieneI guess that I was wrong to talk to him about it1 As an auxiliary, with main verbs takingessere .2 With syntactic gemination after the verb.
Including lesser-used forms:
1 As an auxiliary, with main verbs takingessere .2 With syntactic gemination after the verb.3 Archaic.
sapere m (plural saperi )
knowledge ,learning Synonyms: conoscenza ,sapienza sapere inCollins Italian-English Dictionary sapere
present active infinitive ofsapiō sapere
( AB language ) alternative form ofsopere Inherited fromVulgar Latin *sapēre , from ClassicalLatin sapĕre .
sapere
toknow Conjugation of sapé (second conjugation, tonic)
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” – onnavigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it Rocco, Emmanuele (1882 ), “sapere”, inVocabolario del dialetto napolitano [1]