sável
Portuguese, noun/ˈsa.vew/
sável is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “allis shad (Alosa alosa, a fish of the Northeast Atlantic)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “peixe da família dos clupeídeos, que desova na primavera em alguns rios portugueses e é muito apreciado na…”.
What does sável mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineallis shad (Alosa alosa, a fish of the Northeast Atlantic)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. peixe da família dos clupeídeos, que desova na primavera em alguns rios portugueses e é muito apreciado na culinária
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 sável
- sáveis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sável?
- Brazil /ˈsa.vew/
- Brazil [ˈsa.veʊ̯]
- Portugal /ˈsa.vɛl/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sável
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sável in Portuguese?
sável appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).