sabia-wise: meaning, definitions and translations

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  • m. Sabiduría, conocimiento o ciencia: es experto en varias ramas del saber.
    m. wisdom, knowledge or science: is an expert in various branches of knowledge.
  • tr. Conocer, tener noticia de algo: ¿sabías que va a venir?
    tr. Know, have something News: did you know that it's gonna come?
  • Tener la certeza de algo: sabía que nos perderíamos.
    To be sure of something: I knew we'd get lost.
  • Ser docto en alguna cosa: sabe mucha física. También intr.
    Being learned in something: it tastes a lot of physics. Also intr.
  • Tener habilidad o capacidad para hacer algo: no sabe jugar al ajedrez.
    Have the ability or ability to do something: you don't know how to play chess.
  • Acomodarse, aceptar algo de una determinada manera: hay que saber resignarse.
    To settle in, to accept something in a certain way: you have to know how to resign yourself.
  • intr. Tener noticias sobre una persona o cosa: hace un año que no sé de ella.
    Intr. Having news about a person or thing: I haven't heard from them in a year.
  • Ser muy astuto: sabe más que el mismo demonio.
    Be very cunning: you know more than the devil himself.
  • Tener sabor: este bizcocho no me sabe a nada.
    Taste: this cake doesn't taste like anything.
  • Tener una cosa semejanza o apariencia de otra: tus besos me saben a gloria.
    Have one thing like or look like another: your kisses taste like glory to me.
  • a saber loc. Esto es, es decir: explicaremos varios puntos, a saber: la situación actual de la empresa, las nuevas medidas administrativas..
    to know loc. That is, that is: we will explain several points, namely: the current situation of the company, the new administrative measures..
  • loc. En exclamación, equivale a vete a saber: ¡a saber cuándo vendrá!
    Loc. In exclamation, it's tantamount to going to know: know when he'll be coming!
  • no saber uno dónde meterse loc. Sentir gran vergüenza por algo: hizo tal ridículo que no sabía dónde meterse.
    not knowing where to put loc. Feeling great shame about something: he made such a fool of himself that he didn't know where to go.
  • no saber uno por dónde se anda loc. col. Estar muy despistado: entre tantas callejuelas no sé por dónde me ando.
    not knowing where loc. col is going. Being very clueless: in so many alleys I don't know where I'm going.
  • No ser capaz de solucionar o desempeñar una tarea: con tanto trabajo, no sabe por dónde se anda.
    Not being able to solve or perform a task: with so much work, you don't know where you're going.
  • saber latín loc. col. Ser muy vivo y perspicaz: no te fíes de su aparente ingenuidad, que este niño sabe latín.
    know Latin loc. col. Be very alive and insightful: don't trust his apparent naivety, that this child knows Latin.
  • vete a saber o vaya usted a saber loc. Se usa para decir que algo es difícil de averiguar:-¿dónde se ha metido ahora?-¡vete a saber!♦ Irreg. Véase conj. modelo.
    go find out or you'll know loc. It's used to say that something is hard to find out:-where has he gone now?-go to know♦ Irreg. See conj. model.
  • adj. Que implica sabiduría: razonamiento sabio.
    Adj. That involves wisdom: wise reasoning.
  • adj. y s.[Persona] que posee sabiduría: sabios orientales.
    adj. and s.[Person] who possesses wisdom: Eastern sages.
  • Juicioso, prudente: consejo sabio.♦ No confundir la forma f. con savia.
    Judicious, prudent: wise counsel, ♦ Not to confuse form f. with sap.