Sápido - Is it Español? If so, where is it used?

Question

Has anyone actually heard a native speaker of Español say sápido? I used it in a conversation in Venezuela and they replied that they'd never heard the word before and that it was not Español. Is it possible that this is a regional word, and that maybe the information on where it is used may be added to its definition?

Answer 1

sápido, da. (Del lat. sap?dus). 1. adj. Dicho de una sustancia: Que tiene algún sabor.

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It's in the RAE. It is Spanish. And Venezuelans should know better, since the hallacas were famously described as "las multisápidas"

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It is not a very commonly used word, though.

Yes, that's the translation. - Dakie, Jan 17, 2011

I agree on the hallacas. Oh my god, they are wonderful. haha :) - LiveUnsheathed, Jan 17, 2011

Answer 2

Probably taken from the English sapid. . .

Do you mean Latin, perhaps?

sapid |?sapid| adjective having a strong, pleasant taste. • (of talk or writing) pleasant or interesting. DERIVATIVES sapidity |s??pidit?| noun ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin sapidus, from sapere ‘to taste.’

Spanish words that came from Latin, rather thanfrom other languages that derived them from Latin, typically have origins long before the 17th century. - lorenzo9, Jan 17, 2011

Answer 3

Thank you, Gekkosan. I will inform them.

:-) They may not know, if they're young Venezuelans. But anyone over....oh, 30, or so, should be acquainted with at least "multisápidas" :-D - Gekkosan, Jan 17, 2011

Answer 4

It is spanish but Iv'e never heard it before:

ok I don't know why I cant paste the URL of the page but if yo0u go to rae and type it you will have the translation.

*I've, can't - --Jen--, Jan 17, 2011

Answer 5

Probably taken from the English sapid. . .