sano

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sano"

Asturian

Adjective

sano

1. neuter of sanu

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa‧no
• IPA^(key): /ˈsano/ [ˈs̪a.n̪o]

Noun

sano

1. clipping of paisano

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsano/

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• Audio 3:

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• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: sa‧no

Etymology 1

From sana +‎ -o.

Noun

sano (uncountable, accusative sanon)

1. health

   Antonym: malsano

Related terms

• sana, malsana
• sani, malsani
• sanigi, malsanigi

Etymology 2

Greek Alphabet

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From Ancient Greek ϻάν (sán, “the letter Ϻ”).

Noun

sano (accusative singular sanon, plural sanoj, accusative plural sanojn)

1. san

Further reading

• “sano”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “sano”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Finnish

Verb

sano

1. present indicative connegative of sanoa

   en sano ― I don’t say

   et sano ― you don’t say

   ei sano ― he doesn’t say

2. second-person singular present imperative of sanoa

   sano! ― [you], say!

3. second-person singular present imperative connegative of sanoa

   älä sano! ― don’t say!

4. Especially in spoken language, a common contraction of the third person singular indicative past form of the verb sanoa (“to say”), sanoi.

   se sano = hän sanoi (he said)

Anagrams

• osan

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.no/
• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: sà‧no

Etymology 1

From Latin sānus, from Proto-Indo-European *swā-n- (“healthy; whole; active; vigorous”).

Adjective

sano (feminine sana, masculine plural sani, feminine plural sane)

1. healthy
   1. free from disease

      conservarsi sano ― to take care of oneself (literally, “to conserve oneself healthy”)

      È molto sano per la sua età.

      He's very healthy for his age.

   2. conducive to good health

      aria sana ― fresh air (literally, “healthy air”)

2. (rare, central Italy, southern Italy, by extension) freedom from harm or danger; the condition of being safe and sound; safety, intactness

   Il vetro è rimasto sano dopo la caduta.

   The glass remained intact after the fall.

3. in line with high principles; clean, honest, upright, pure

   principi sani ― high principles

   sana educazione ― good manners (literally, “upright manners”)

Derived terms

• sanamente
• sanare
• sanificare
• sanità
• sanitario
• sanitizzare

Related terms

• sano e salvo
• chi va piano va sano e va lontano

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sano

1. first-person singular present indicative of sanare

Anagrams

• Naos, Naso, Sona, anso, ansò, naso, naso-, sona

Kari'na

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [saːno]

Etymology 1

Compare Waiwai son, Akawaio san, Macushi san, Pemon san.

Noun

sano (possessed sano)

1. mother

Etymology 2

Compare Wayana sano.

Noun

sano (possessed sanory)

1. attraction, pull
2. desire, wish, especially thirst or hunger as desire for food and drink

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008), A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 362
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931), “sano”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 426; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 415
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931), “sanori”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 426; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[3], Paris, 1956, page 416

Kashubian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Slavic *sěno

Kashubian sano

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sěno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.nɔ/
• Rhymes: -anɔ
• Syllabification: sa‧no

Noun

sano n

1. hay

Further reading

• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “siano”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[4]
• “sano”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *sānos

Latin sānus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin sānō

From sānus (“sound in body or mind”) + -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsaː.noː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsaː.no]

Verb

sānō (present infinitive sānāre, perfect active sānāvī, supine sānātum); first conjugation

1. to heal, cure

   Synonym: medeor

   Tempus omnia vulnera sānat.

   Time heals all wounds.

   Sānābimur, sī volēmus.

   We shall be healed if we wish.

   • c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate James.4.47:

     Hic cum audisset quia Jesus adveniret a Judaea in Galilaeam, abiit ad eum, et rogabat eum ut descenderet, et sanaret filium ejus: incipiebat enim mori

     When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea into Galilee, he went to him, and was asking him to come down, and cure his son: for he was beginning to die.

2. (figuratively) to restore, repair, correct

Conjugation

   Conjugation of sānō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	sānō		sānās		sānat		sānāmus		sānātis		sānant
	imperfect	sānābam		sānābās		sānābat		sānābāmus		sānābātis		sānābant
	future	sānābō		sānābis		sānābit		sānābimus		sānābitis		sānābunt
	perfect	sānāvī		sānāvistī		sānāvit		sānāvimus		sānāvistis		sānāvērunt, sānāvēre
	pluperfect	sānāveram		sānāverās		sānāverat		sānāverāmus		sānāverātis		sānāverant
	future perfect	sānāverō		sānāveris		sānāverit		sānāverimus		sānāveritis		sānāverint
passive	present	sānor		sānāris, sānāre		sānātur		sānāmur		sānāminī		sānantur
	imperfect	sānābar		sānābāris, sānābāre		sānābātur		sānābāmur		sānābāminī		sānābantur
	future	sānābor		sānāberis, sānābere		sānābitur		sānābimur		sānābiminī		sānābuntur
	perfect	sānātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	sānātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	sānātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	sānem		sānēs		sānet		sānēmus		sānētis		sānent
	imperfect	sānārem		sānārēs		sānāret		sānārēmus		sānārētis		sānārent
	perfect	sānāverim		sānāverīs		sānāverit		sānāverīmus		sānāverītis		sānāverint
	pluperfect	sānāvissem		sānāvissēs		sānāvisset		sānāvissēmus		sānāvissētis		sānāvissent
passive	present	sāner		sānēris, sānēre		sānētur		sānēmur		sānēminī		sānentur
	imperfect	sānārer		sānārēris, sānārēre		sānārētur		sānārēmur		sānārēminī		sānārentur
	perfect	sānātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	sānātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		sānā		—		—		sānāte		—
	future	—		sānātō		sānātō		—		sānātōte		sānantō
passive	present	—		sānāre		—		—		sānāminī		—
	future	—		sānātor		sānātor		—		—		sānantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		sānāre			sānārī			sānāns			—
future		sānātūrum esse			sānātum īrī			sānātūrus			sānandus
perfect		sānāvisse			sānātum esse			—			sānātus
future perfect		—			sānātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		sānātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		sānandī		sānandō		sānandum		sānandō		sānātum		sānātū

Related terms

• sānātiō
• sānē
• sānifer
• sānitās
• sāniter
• sānus

Descendants

• Aromanian: sãnedz, sãnari
• Albanian: shëroj
• Italian: sanare
• Mirandese: sanar
• Old Galician-Portuguese: sãar, sarar
  • Galician: sandar, sarar
  • Portuguese: sarar, sandar
• Piedmontese: sané
• Spanish: sanar
• → German: sanieren
• → Portuguese: sanar

Adjective

sānō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of sānus

References

• “sano”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sano”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “sano”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[5], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to cure a patient: aegrotum sanare (not curare)
    

Loloda

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-North Halmahera (likely of the form *sano); compare Galela sano, Tabaru sano, Sahu sano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.no/

Verb

sano

1. (transitive) to ask, ask about, enquire

References

• M. J. van Baarda (1904), Het Lòda'sch, in vergelijking met het Galėla'sch dialect op Halmaheira

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐ̃.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐ̃.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐ.no/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐ.nu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐ.nu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.nu/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐnu, (Brazil) -ɐ̃nu
• Hyphenation: sa‧no

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin sānus. Doublet of são.

Adjective

sano (feminine sana, masculine plural sanos, feminine plural sanas)

1. (rare) synonym of são

Etymology 2

Verb

sano

1. first-person singular present indicative of sanar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsano/ [ˈsa.no]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: sa‧no

Etymology 1

From Latin sānus, from Proto-Indo-European *swā-n- (“healthy; whole; active; vigorous”). Cognate with Galician san and Portuguese são.

Adjective

sano (feminine sana, masculine plural sanos, feminine plural sanas, superlative sanísimo)

1. healthy, sound

   Synonym: saludable

2. earnest
3. pure
4. whole, unbroken

   Synonym: entero

Usage notes

• Sano is a false friend and does not mean sane in the sense of of sound mind. Spanish equivalents are shown in the "Translations" section of the English entry sane.

Derived terms

• cortar por lo sano
• en su sano juicio
• más sano que una pera
• matasanos
• sanamente
• sanar
• sanear
• sanidad
• sano y salvo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sano

1. first-person singular present indicative of sanar

Further reading

• “sano”, 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

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /saˈnoʔ/ [sɐˈn̪oʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: sa‧no

Adjective

sanô (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈᜓ)

1. stupid; dull; not intelligent

   Synonyms: tanga, hangal, gunggong, estupido, gago, ungas

Anagrams

• anos, asno, onsa