sapiente
Spanish, adjective/saˈpjente/
sapiente is spelled S-A-P-I-E-N-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written Spanish, the 244,405th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sapiente is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “wise; knowing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sabio, inteligente”.
What does sapiente mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinewise; knowing
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Sabio, inteligente.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sapiente
- sapientes feminine masculine plural
- sapientísimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sapiente?
- /saˈpjente/
- [saˈpjẽn̪.t̪e]
- [saˈpjẽn̪t̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sapiente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sapiente in Spanish?
sapiente appears about once in every 48 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).