- supe
- Del verbo saber: (conjugate saber)
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supe es: \ \1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativoMultiple Entries: saber supe
saber 1 sustantivo masculino knowledge;◊ una persona de gran supe a person of great learning
saber 2 (conjugate saber) verbo transitivo 1a) ‹nombre/dirección/canción› to know;◊ ya lo sé I know;no lo sé I don't know; no sé cómo se llama I don't know his name; ¡yo qué sé! how (on earth) should I know! (colloq); que yo sepa as far as I know; supe algo de algo to know sth about sth; sé muy poco de ese tema I know very little about the subject; no sabe lo que dice he doesn't know what he's talking aboutb) (enterarse) to find out;◊ lo supe por mi hermana I found out about it through my sister;sin que lo supiéramos without our knowing; ¡si yo lo hubiera sabido antes! if I had only known before!; ¡cómo iba yo a supe que …! how was I to know that …! 2 (ser capaz de):◊ supe hacer algo to know how to do sth;¿sabes nadar? can you swim?, do you know how to swim?; sabe escuchar she's a good listener; sabe hablar varios idiomas she can speak several languages verbo intransitivoa) (tener conocimiento) to know;◊ ¿quién sabe? who knows?;supe de algo/algn to know of sth/sb; yo sé de un lugar donde te lo pueden arreglar I know of a place where you can get it fixedb) (tener noticias, enterarse):◊ no sé nada de ella desde hace más de un mes I haven't heard from her for over a month;yo supe del accidente por la radio I heard about the accident on the radioa) (tener sabor) (+ compl) to taste;◊ sabe dulce/bien it tastes sweet/nice;supe a algo to taste of sth; no sabe a nada it doesn't taste of anything; sabe a podrido it tastes rottenb) (causar cierta impresión): me sabe mal or no me sabe bien tener que decírselo I don't like having to tell himsaberse verbo pronominal (enf) ‹lección/poema› to know
supe see◊ saber
saber sustantivo masculino knowledge, learning, information
saber
I verbo transitivo
1 (una cosa) to know: no sé su dirección, I don't know her address
para que lo sepas, for your information
que yo sepa, as far as I know
2 (hacer algo) to know how to: no sabe nadar, he can't swim
3 (capacidad, destreza) sabe dibujar muy bien, he knows how to draw really well
4 (comportarse, reaccionar) can: no sabe aguantar una broma, she can't take a joke
no sabe perder, he's a bad loser
5 (tener conocimientos elevados sobre una materia) sabe mucho de música, she knows a lot about music
6 (enterarse) to learn, find out: lo llamé en cuanto lo supe, I called him as soon as I heard about it
7 (estar informado) sabía que te ibas a retrasar, he knew that you were going to be late
8 (imaginar) no sabes qué frío hacía, you can't imagine how cold it was
II verbo intransitivo
1 (sobre una materia) to know [de, of]: sé de un restaurante buenísimo, I know of a very good restaurant
2 (tener noticias) (de alguien por él mismo) to hear from sb (de alguien por otros) to have news of sb (de un asunto) to hear about sthg
3 (tener sabor) to taste [a, of]: este guiso sabe a quemado, this stew tastes burnt
4 (producir agrado o desagrado) to like, please: me supo mal que no viniera, it upset me that he didn't come Locuciones: el saber no ocupa lugar, you can never learn too much
me ha sabido a poco, I couldn't get enough of it
quién sabe, who knows
vas a saber lo que es bueno, I'll show you what's what
vete a saber, God knows
a saber, namely 'supe' also found in these entries: Spanish: cable - calcular - disimular - enredarse - saber - boca - lección English: bluff - loss
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.
