saber

to know, to understand (a fact)

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Also a form of

Meanings

verb

  1. to know, to understand (a fact)
  2. to know how to do something
  3. to find out, to learn
  4. to taste (i.e. have a flavour)
  5. to realize, to know (i.e. recognize)
  6. to tell, to know (i.e. to discern or distinguish if something is the case)
  7. informal to figure out
  8. to hear from
  9. to hear of, to hear about
  10. to learn, to find out, to know
  11. Internet, colloquial to know about, to be good at [with dative] le
  12. reflexive to be known
  13. reflexive to know (extremely well)
  14. Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras synonym of soler (in several senses: (auxiliary) to be accustomed to; (imperfect) to used to)

noun, masculine

  1. knowledge

Conjugation

Gerund sabiendo · past participle sabido

Indicative

presentimperfectpreteritefutureconditional
yosésabíasupesabrésabría
túsabessabíassupistesabrássabrías
vossabéssabíassupistesabrássabrías
él, ella, ustedsabesabíasuposabrásabría
nosotrossabemossabíamossupimossabremossabríamos
vosotrossabéissabíaissupisteissabréissabríais
ellos, ellas, ustedessabensabíansupieronsabránsabrían

Subjunctive

presentimperfect (-ra)imperfect (-se)future
yosepasupierasupiesesupiere
túsepassupierassupiesessupieres
vossepássupierassupiesessupieres
él, ella, ustedsepasupierasupiesesupiere
nosotrossepamossupiéramossupiésemossupiéremos
vosotrossepáissupieraissupieseissupiereis
ellos, ellas, ustedessepansupieransupiesensupieren

Imperative

affirmativenegative
túsabeno sepas
vossabé
ustedsepano sepa
nosotrossepamosno sepamos
vosotrossabedno sepáis
ustedessepanno sepan

In sentences

Nadie sabrá. No one will know. #2626

¿Quién sabe? Who knows? #593879

No lo sabía. I didn't know that. #898458

¿Sabías eso? Did you know that? #1309040

No lo sabrá. He won't know. #2002103

Tom ya sabe. Tom already knows. #2456622

Él sabe eso. He knows that. #4049887

Lo sabíamos. We knew that. #4526231