sabo
English
Etymology
Verb
sabo (third-person singular simple present sabos, present participle saboing, simple past and past participle saboed)
- (transitive, Singapore, colloquial, informal, Singlish) To get someone in trouble, to prank, to sabotage another's efforts.
Noun
sabo (plural sabos)
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Pronunciation
Noun
sabó
Derived terms
Hausa
Pronunciation
Adjective
sābō (feminine sābuwā, plural sā̀bàbbī or sàbbī)
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Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 砂防 (sabō, “erosion control”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sabo
Derived terms
Further reading
- “sabo” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Portuguese
Etymology
An error in generalization of the irregular verb; saber + -o (suffix indicating the first-person singular present indicative of verbs). Cognate with Spanish sabo.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sa‧bo
Verb
sabo
Usage notes
Typical of both non-native speakers and children who are native speakers, having given rise to the humorous phrase eu não sabo. The standard form is sei.
Spanish
Etymology
An error in generalization of the irregular verb; saber + -o (suffix indicating the first-person singular present indicative of verbs).
Verb
sabo
- (nonstandard) first-person singular present indicative of saber
- 1930, Memoirs of the American Folk-lore Society:
- Había una ve un niño muí probe en una suidá que se mantenía disiendo que éi sabía má que ei rey. Siempre cantando desía: — Yo sabo má que ei rey, yo sabo má que ei rey.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2003, Culture Clash, “Bordertown: San Diego & Tijuana”, in Culture Clash in Americca, Theatre Communications Group, →ISBN, page 40:
- Mexican Militia Man: ¿Hablan Español? / American 1: ¡Sí, yo sabo poquito!
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2012, Moira Young, translated by Verónica Canales Medina, Corazón de fuego, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, →ISBN:
- Sé fuerte, porque yo sabo que lo eres.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
Typical of both non-native speakers and children who are native speakers,[1] having given rise to the humorous phrase yo no sabo. The standard form is sé.
References
- ^ Kathryn Henn-Reinke (2012) “Riverview Elementary School, San Diego, California: Education in Spanish, English, and Mandarin Chinese”, in Considering Trilingual Education (Routledge Research in Education), New York, N.Y., London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 149: “The correct response is <<Yo sé>>, but the error in generalization of this irregular verb is also typical of children who are native speakers of Spanish.”
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈsabo/ [ˈsaː.bo]
- Rhymes: -abo
- Syllabification: sa‧bo
Noun
sabo (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜊᜓ)
- large group; large flock (of birds or other animals, especially those attracted by a decoy)
- suitors attracted (by a woman)
- attraction of a large group (towards a woman, decoy, etc.)
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Venetan
Etymology
From Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin sabbatum, from Ancient Greek σάββατον (sábbaton), from Hebrew שבת (shabbat, “Sabbath”) Compare Italian sabato.
Noun
sabo m (plural sabi)
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