sabor

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan sabor, from Latin sapōrem (“flavor, taste”), noun based on sapere (“to taste”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [səˈβur]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [səˈbo]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [səˈβor]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [saˈboɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [saˈβor]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -o(ɾ)
• Hyphenation: sa‧bor

Noun

sabor m or (archaic, poetic or regional) f (plural sabors)

1. taste, flavor

Derived terms

• assaborir
• dessabor
• saborós

Related terms

• saber

References

• “sabor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “sabor”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish sabor (“taste”), from Latin sapor (“flavor, taste”), from sapiō (“to taste of”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁p- (“to try, to research”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa‧bor

Noun

sabor

1. taste; flavor

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈboɾ/ [s̺aˈβ̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Hyphenation: sa‧bor

Noun

sabor m (plural sabores)

1. taste

Further reading

• “sabor”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin sapor, from sapere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈβu/

• Audio (Béarn):

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Noun

sabor f (plural sabors)

1. (Languedoc) taste or smell of something, aroma, flavor

Derived terms

• saboral
• saborar
• saborejar
• saborós
• saborosament
• saborum

References

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎^[1], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2026, page 572

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sabor, from Latin sapōrem (“flavor, taste”), from sapiō (“to taste of”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁p- (“to try, to research”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈboʁ/ [saˈboh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈboʁ/ [saˈboh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /saˈboɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /saˈboʁ/ [saˈboχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /saˈboɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈboɾ/ [sɐˈβoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈboɾ/ [sɐˈβoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈbo.ɾi/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Hyphenation: sa‧bor

Noun

sabor m (plural sabores)

1. flavour (the quality produced by the sensation of taste)

   Synonyms: gosto, paladar, saibo

2. (figurative) an enjoyable quality
   • 2005, Sara Tavares, Lisboa Kuya:

     a certeza de que nada mais terá o mesmo sabor

     the certainty that nothing else will have the same flavour

3. (particle physics) flavour

Related terms

• dissabor
• saber
• saboreado
• saborear
• saboreável
• saborosamente
• saboroso

Further reading

• “sabor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “sabor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic съборъ (sŭborŭ), from Proto-Slavic *sъborъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sǎːbor/
• Hyphenation: sa‧bor

Noun

sábor m inan (Cyrillic spelling са́бор)

1. assembly
2. parliament

Declension

Declension of sabor

	singular	plural
nominative	sabor	sabori
genitive	sabora	sabora
dative	saboru	saborima
accusative	sabor	sabore
vocative	saboru / sabore	sabori
locative	saboru	saborima
instrumental	saborom	saborima

Related terms

• sàbrati

Further reading

• “sabor”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sapōrem (“flavor, taste”), from sapere (“to taste of”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁p- (“to try, to research”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈboɾ/ [saˈβ̞oɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: sa‧bor

Noun

sabor m (plural sabores)

1. flavor; taste

   Synonym: gusto

   Me gustan el chicle con sabor a menta y también el chicle con sabor a limón.

   I like peppermint flavor gum and also lemon flavor gum.

2. (Mexico, colloquial) seasoning

   Synonym: sazón

Derived terms

• ahora es cuando, chile verde, le has de dar sabor al caldo
• saborear
• saborizante
• saborizar

Related terms

• saber
• sabroso

Further reading

• “sabor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Anagrams

• rabos, robas, sobar, sobra, sorba