sapiente
Portuguese, adjective/sa.piˈẽ.t͡ʃi/
sapiente is spelled S-A-P-I-E-N-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese, the 131,183rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sapiente is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “wise; intelligent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sábio”.
What does sapiente mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinewise; intelligent
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sábio
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.
Forms of sapiente
- sapientes plural
- mais sapiente comparative
- o mais sapiente superlative
- sapientíssimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sapiente?
- Brazil /sa.piˈẽ.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil /saˈpjẽ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /sɐˈpjẽ.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
sapiente appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).