Saper

Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *sapēre, from Latin sapere, present active infinitive of sapiō ("I taste"), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁p- ("to try, to research").

Verb
saper (first-person singular present sapo, first-person singular preterite sapì, past participle sapeu)
 * 1) to know (a fact): Sapo que blicarà - I know that it will arrive
 * 2) to know how to do something: Sape fablar na ànglica - He knows how to speak English
 * 3) (in the preterite tense) to find out, to learn
 * 4) to taste like: Sape a pulu - It tastes like chicken
 * 5) to realize, to know (e.g. recognize)
 * 6) to tell, to know (i.e. to discern or distinguish if something is the case)
 * 7) to figure out
 * 8) to hear from (+ de)
 * 9) to hear of, to hear about (+ de)
 * 10) to learn of, to learn about, to find out about, to know about (+ de)
 * 11) (reflexive) to be known
 * 12) (reflexive) to know (extremely well)
 * 13) Second-person plural (vós) affirmative imperative form of the verb saper.

Conjugation

 * Infinitive: saper
 * Gerund: sapendu

Derived terms

 * hoi sapo maes que ande
 * quen sape
 * sapèr
 * saper cun que manu come
 * saper maes que us vèulus

Related terms

 * sapende
 * sàpiu
 * sapòr