sapere

== Italian == === Alternative forms === savere (obsolete) === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sapēre, from Latin sapĕre (“taste, know”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /saˈpe.re/ Rhymes: -ere Hyphenation: sa‧pé‧re === Verb === 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) (ambitransitive) to know (information) [auxiliary avere] sa l'indirizzo ― he knows the address (transitive, auxiliary) to be able to, can, could (to know how to) Synonyms: potere, essere in grado so nuotare ― I can swim (intransitive) to taste or smell [with di ‘like’] [auxiliary avere] (intransitive, by extension) to create the impression, to smack [with di ‘of’] [auxiliary avere] (transitive) to think or know that (someone) is in a certain place or condition (transitive) to come to know, to become informed of, to find out (intransitive, impersonal) (with a, di, or [che + ind.]) to have a certain impression; to appear; to guess ==== Conjugation ==== Including lesser-used forms: ==== Related terms ==== sapersi sapido sapienza sapore === Noun === sapere m (plural saperi) knowledge, learning Synonyms: conoscenza, sapienza === References === === Further reading === sapere in Collins Italian-English Dictionary === Anagrams === aperse, arpese, pesare, peserà, séparé == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsa.pɛ.rɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsaː.pe.re] === Verb === sapere present active infinitive of sapiō == Middle English == === Noun === sapere (AB language) alternative form of sopere == Neapolitan == === Alternative forms === sapé, sapè (alt. spellings) === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sapēre, from Classical Latin sapĕre. === Pronunciation === (Naples) IPA(key): [saˈpe] === Verb === sapere to know ==== Conjugation ==== === References === 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[1]