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Knowing Spanish Expressions
Saber means "to know" and is also used in many idiomatic expressions, including to know by heart, to wonder, and to taste like. Learn these and dozens of other Spanish expressions featuring saber.
Saber translations
- to know
- to know how to
- to find out (in pretérito)
Saber expressions
saber a | to taste like | ||
saber a demonio(s) | to taste awful | ||
saber amargo | to taste bitter | ||
saber cuidar de sí mismo | to know how to take care of oneself | ||
saber de + noun | to know a lot about something | ||
saber de un sitio muy bueno | to know of a very good place | ||
saber ir | to know the way | ||
saber más que Briján | to be very intelligent | ||
saber orientarse por el ciudad | to know one's way around town | ||
saberle mal a alguien | to not like | ||
saberse algo de memoria | to know something by heart | ||
no saber de alguien | to have not heard from / had news about someone | ||
no saber demasiado bien | to not taste very good | ||
no saber nada de + noun | to not know anything, to know nothing about + noun | ||
No saber ni papa | to not know the first thing about something | ||
no saberle mal a alguien | to not mind, not be bothered by | ||
a saber | namely | ||
a saber dónde | I wonder where | ||
a saber si realmente ___ ___ | I wonder if ___ really ___ed | ||
anda a saber | God (only) knows, your guess is as good as mine | ||
hacer saber algo a alguien | to let someone know something | ||
Cada uno sabe dónde le aprieta el zapato | Everyone knows his/her own weakness | ||
cualquiera sabe si | It's anybody's guess whether | ||
cuando lo supe | when I heard / found out about it | ||
¡de haberlo sabido! | If only I'd known! | ||
demasiado bien sé que | I know only too well that | ||
en cuanto lo supe / supimos | as soon as I / we found out | ||
Eso ya me lo sabía yo | I already knew that | ||
Es una persona que sabe escuchar | He/She is a good listener | ||
lo dudo, pero nunca se sabe | I doubt it, but you never know | ||
Logró / Lograron saber el secreto | He / They managed to learn the secret | ||
Lo sé. | I know. | ||
El motivo de esta carta es hacerle saber que | I am writing to inform you that | ||
¡No lo sabes bien! | (inf) | You're not kidding! That's not the half of it! | |
No sabía dónde meterse | He didn't know what to do with himself | ||
no sabe, no contesta | (survey) | don't know, n/a | |
No se sabe | Nobody knows | ||
No se saben las causas | The causes are unknown | ||
Nunca más se supo de él / ellos | He was / They were never heard from again | ||
para que lo sepas | let me tell you, for your information | ||
pocos campeones saben perder | few champions are good losers | ||
que sepamos | as far as we know | ||
¡Qué sé yo! | How should I know? | ||
que yo sepa | as far as I know | ||
Quién es Ud., si se puede saber? | Who are you, may I ask? | ||
¡Quién sabe! | Who knows! | ||
¿Quién sabe? | Who knows? Who can tell? | ||
Quiero hacerle saber que | I would like to inform you that | ||
¿sabe Ud.? | (filler) | you know? | |
Se las sabe todos | (informal) | to know every trick in the book | |
¿Se puede saber si…? | Can you tell me if…? | ||
Se supo que… | It was learned that… | ||
Según mi leal saber y entender | (formal) | To the best of my knowledge | |
Sépase que… | Let it be known that… | ||
sin saberlo yo | without my knowledge | ||
¡Si lo sabré yo! | I should know! | ||
¿Tú qué sabes? | What do you know? | ||
Tú sabrás (lo que haces) | I suppose you know (what you're doing) | ||
¡Vete a saber! | God (only) knows, your guess is as good as mine | ||
Vete tú a saber | Your guess is as good as mine | ||
ya lo sabía yo | I thought as much | ||
Ya se sabe que… | It is known…, We all know… | ||
¡Yo qué sé! | How should I know? | ||
el saber hacer | know-how, savoir-faire | ||
el saber popular | folk wisdom | ||
un no sé qué | a certain something | ||
un no sé qué de afectado | a certain affectation |
Saber is one of two verbs that mean to know.
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