No. 952 in Catalan
sabut
"Sabut" means "known" or "learned" in English.
In a sentence
L'alumne ha sabut la resposta correcta.
The student has known the correct answer.
In this sentence, 'sabut' is part of the past participle of the verb 'saber', meaning 'to know', used here in the present perfect tense to indicate knowledge acquired.
És un home molt sabut en qüestions de ciència.
He is a very knowledgeable man about scientific matters.
Here, 'sabut' functions as an adjective meaning 'knowledgeable' or 'well-informed', describing someone having much knowledge.
Ha contestat com un sabut, però no sabia gaire.
He answered like a know-it-all, but he didn't know much.
In this example, 'sabut' takes the sense of a noun, connoting a person who pretends to have more knowledge than they actually possess.
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