saberse

saberse

► verbo pronominal

1 to know

■ se sabe la tabla de memoria she knows the table off by heart

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1. VPR

1) [uso enfático]

eso ya me lo sabía yo — I already knew that

se lo sabe de memoria — she knows it by heart

- se las sabe todas

2) [uso impersonal]

a) (=ser conocido)

ya se sabe que ... — it is known that ..., we know that ...

no se sabe — nobody knows, it's not known

no se saben las causas — the causes are not known o are unknown

¿se puede saber si ...? — can you tell me if o whether ...?

¿quién es usted, si se puede saber? — who are you, may I ask?

sépase que ... — let it be known that ...

nunca más se supo de ellos — they were never heard of again

b) (=ser descubierto)

se supo que ... — it was learnt o discovered that ...

por fin se supo el secreto — finally the secret was revealed

3) [de uno mismo]

se saben héroes — they know they are heroes

2.

SM knowledge, learning

según mi leal saber y entender — frm to the best of my knowledge

saber hacer — (Téc) know-how; (Literat) savoir-faire

saber popular — folk wisdom

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vpr

1. [uso transitivo enfático] [conocer]

saberse algo to know sth;

se sabe todas las capitales de Latinoamérica she knows (the names of) all the capitals in Latin America;

Comp

sabérselas todas to know all the tricks;

se cree que se las sabe todas he thinks he knows it all o has all the answers

2. [uso impersonal] [conocerse]

¿se sabe si ha habido víctimas mortales? is it known whether anyone was killed?;

aún no se sabe qué pasó it is still not known what happened;

llegar a saberse to come to light;

nunca se sabe you never know;

¿se puede saberse porque no me avisaste? would you mind explaining why you didn't tell me?

3. [uso copulativo] [tener certeza de ser]

él ya se sabía ganador del torneo he already knew that he had won the tournament

♦ a saber loc conj

[es decir] namely

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saberse

v/r

:

nunca se sabe you never know

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vr

: to know

ese chiste no me lo sé: I don't know that joke

saber nm

: knowledge, learning