sabe
Portuguese, verb/ˈsa.bi/
sabe is spelled S-A-B-E (4 letters) and appears 575 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 158th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sabe is a Portuguese verb meaning “third-person singular present indicative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does sabe mean in English?
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. gostoso 2. agradável 3. que dá prazer
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce sabe?
- Brazil /ˈsa.bi/
- Portugal /ˈsa.bɨ/
- Portugal [ˈsa.βɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sabe in Portuguese?
sabe appears 575 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).