sano

sano

1. neuter of sanu

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

sano

1. clipping of paisano

• IPA^(key): /ˈsano/

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• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: sa‧no

From sana +‎ -o.

sano (uncountable, accusative sanon)

1. health

   Antonym: malsano

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

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

1. san

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

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)

• osan

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

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

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”)

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

sano

1. first-person singular present indicative of sanare

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

• IPA^(key): [saːno]

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

sano (possessed sano)

1. mother

Compare Wayana sano.

sano (possessed sanory)

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

• 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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sěno.

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

sano n

1. hay

• 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

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

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

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

sānō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of sānus

• “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)
    

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.no/

sano

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

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

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

Borrowed from Latin sānus. Doublet of são.

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

1. (rare) synonym of são

sano

1. first-person singular present indicative of sanar

• IPA^(key): /ˈsano/ [ˈsa.no]

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• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: sa‧no

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

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

• 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.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

sano

1. first-person singular present indicative of sanar

• “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

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

sanô (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈᜓ)

1. stupid; dull; not intelligent

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

• anos, asno, onsa