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sabo

See also: Sabo and sabó

English

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Etymology

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Clipping of sabotage.

Verb

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sabo (third-person singular simple present sabos or saboes, present participle saboing, simple past and past participle saboed)

  1. (transitive, Singapore, colloquial, informal, Singlish) To get someone in trouble, to prank, to sabotage another's efforts.

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sabo (plural sabos)

  1. (slang) A saboteur.

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Bikol Central

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: sa‧bo
  • IPA(key): /saˈbo/ [saˈbo]

Noun

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sabó

  1. suds, lather, foam
    Synonym: subo

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Hausa

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sáː.bóː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [sáː.bóː]

Adjective

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sābō (feminine sābuwā, plural sā̀bàbbī or sàbbī)

  1. new
    Antonym: tsoho

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Japanese 砂防(さぼう) (sabō, “erosion control”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sa.bo/
  • Hyphenation: sa‧bo

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sabo

  1. (geology) erosion control.

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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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

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  • Hyphenation: sa‧bo

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sabo

  1. (nonstandard or humorous) first-person singular present indicative of saber

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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

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Etymology

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An error in generalization of the irregular verb; saber + -o (suffix indicating the first-person singular present indicative of verbs).

Verb

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sabo

  1. (nonstandard) first-person singular present indicative of saber

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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.

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  1. ^ 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

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sabo (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜊᜓ)

  1. large group; large flock (of birds or other animals, especially those attracted by a decoy)
    Synonyms: kawan, langkay
  2. suitors attracted (by a woman)
  3. attraction of a large group (towards a woman, decoy, etc.)

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Venetan

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Etymology

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From Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin sabbatum, from Ancient Greek σάββατον (sábbaton), from Hebrew שבת (shabbat, “Sabbath”) Compare Italian sabato.

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sabo m (plural sabi)

  1. Saturday
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