sabo

Etymology

Clipping of sabotage.

Verb

sabo (third-person singular simple present sabos or saboes, present participle saboing, simple past and past participle saboed)

1. (transitive, Singapore, colloquial, informal, Singlish) To get someone in trouble, to prank, to sabotage another's efforts.

Noun

sabo (plural sabos)

1. (slang) A saboteur.

Anagrams

• ASBO, Abos, Asbo, BAOs, Baos, abos, asbo, baos, baso-, boas, bosa, obas, soba

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa‧bo
• IPA^(key): /saˈbo/ [saˈbo]

Noun

sabó

1. suds, lather, foam

   Synonym: subo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sáː.bóː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [sáː.bóː]

Adjective

sābō (feminine sābuwā, plural sā̀bàbbī or sàbbī)

1. new

   Antonym: tsoho

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 砂防(さぼう) (sabō, “erosion control”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.bo/
• Hyphenation: sa‧bo

Noun

sabo

1. (geology) erosion control

Further reading

• “sabo” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Etymology

An error in generalization of the irregular verb; saber + -o (suffix indicating the first-person singular present indicative of verbs). Cognate with Spanish sabo.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa‧bo

Verb

sabo

1. (nonstandard or humorous) first-person singular present indicative of saber