Example sentences for: sabe

How can you use “sabe” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • 284) from Spanish sabe usted `do you know?

  • Finally, concerning the etymology of savvy , Mr. Lawrence should not believe everything he reads in sources such as Mencken's American Language . In fact, I checked in another dozen English dictionaries, and they all state that savvy comes from Spanish sabe . These dictionaries are simply wrong on this point (as they are, I might add, on many other etymologies).

  • In the same piece, he traces savvy to Portuguese, which might be correct, but Mencken's American Language derives it from the Spanish sabe . Professor Kaye's nuance word is, at a guess, a suggestion from a word-processor's spelling checker which was derailed by nonce word .


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