savvy
1785, as a noun, “practical sense, intelligence”; also a verb, “to know, to understand”; West Indies pidgin borrowing of French savez or Spanish sabe, both from Vulgar Latin *sapere, from Latin sapere (see sapient). Pronunciation
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1785, as a noun, “practical sense, intelligence”; also a verb, “to know, to understand”; West Indies pidgin borrowing of French savez or Spanish sabe, both from Vulgar Latin *sapere, from Latin sapere (see sapient). Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈsæ.vi/
savvy (comparative savvier, superlative savviest)
- (informal) Shrewd, well-informed and perceptive.
- 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]
- That such a safe adaptation could come of The Hunger Games speaks more to the trilogy’s commercial ascent than the book’s actual content, which is audacious and savvy in its dark calculations.
- 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]
- French: futé (informal), malin
- German: clever, klug, schlau
- Italian: astuto, furbo
- Portuguese: sábio
- Russian: (participles, in Russian a verb used instead, e.g. смыслить в ..., соображать в ....) смы́слящий
- Spanish: sabio
savvy (savvies, present participle savvying; past and past participle savvied)
- (informal) To understand.
savvy (uncountable)
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