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sah-berr'
transitive verb ( to know something (information); to know how to do something )
Examples
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1:
No sé lo que pasó.
I don't know what happened.
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2:
¿Sabes hablar japonés?
Do you know how to speak Japanese?
Idioms
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1:
Vete tú a saber.
Your guess is as good as mine.
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2:
Cuando lo supe, salí.
When I found out, I left.
Notes
- When "saber" is followed by an infinitive, it can be translated to mean "can" or "know how to."; In the preterit tense, "saber" is translated to mean "found out" or "heard about."
