# sábado
## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sabado, from Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin sabbatum, from Ancient Greek σάββατον (sábbaton, “Sabbath”), from Hebrew שַׁבָּת (shabát, “Sabbath”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsabado/ [ˈs̺a.β̞a.ð̞ʊ]
* Rhymes: -abado

### Noun

sábado m (plural sábados)
* Saturday

### Further reading

* “sábado”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “sábado” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Mirandese
### Etymology

From Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin sabbatum, from Ancient Greek σάββατον (sábbaton, “Sabbath”), from Hebrew שַׁבָּת (shabát, “Sabbath”).

### Noun

sábado m
* Saturday

### See also

* days of the week (appendix): demingo~deimingo · segunda · terça~tércia · quarta · quinta · sesta · sábado

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* sabado, sabbado (pre-reform)

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sabado, from Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin sabbatum, from Ancient Greek σάββατον (sábbaton, “Sabbath”), from Hebrew שַׁבָּת (shabát, “Sabbath”). Doublet of sabá.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsa.ba.du/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsa.ba.du/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈsa.ba.do/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈsa.bɐ.du/ [ˈsa.βɐ.ðu]
* Hyphenation: sá‧ba‧do

### Noun

sábado m (plural sábados)
* Saturday
** 1930 January 4, “Cousas da politica [Politics’s matters]”, in Jornal do brasil‎, volume XL, number 4, page 9:No proximo sabbado, 1º do corrente, na praça principal do prospero suburbio de Madureira, realizar-se-á, promovido pelo Centro Politico dos Suburbios, um grande comicio de propaganda das candidaturas de Julio Prestes-Vital Brasil á presidencia e vice-presidencia da Republica.Next Saturday, on the 1st of the coming month, in the main square of the thriving suburb of Madureira, a large rally will be held, organized by the Political Center of the Suburbs, to promote the candidacies of Julio Prestes and Vital Brasil for the presidency and vice-presidency of the Republic.
* Sabbath, sabbath

#### Derived terms

* sabadão
* sabadar
* sabadear
* Sábado de Aleluia

### Adverb

sábado (not comparable)
* on a Saturday

#### Descendants

* Guinea-Bissau Creole: sabadu
* Kabuverdianu: sabadu
* → Kadiwéu: xaabado
* → Old Tupi: sabaru
** Nheengatu: saurú
* → Tetum: loron-sábadu

#### See also

* days of the week (appendix): dias da semana · domingo · segunda-feira · terça-feira · quarta-feira · quinta-feira · sexta-feira · sábado

### Further reading

* “sábado”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “sábado”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin sabbātum, from Ancient Greek σάββατον (sábbaton, “Sabbath”), from Hebrew שַׁבָּת (shabát, “Sabbath”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsabado/ [ˈsa.β̞a.ð̞o]
* Rhymes: -abado
* Syllabification: sá‧ba‧do

### Noun

sábado m (plural sábados)
* Saturday
** 1605, Miguel de Cervantes, “Capítulo I”, in El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, Primera parte:Una olla de algo más vaca que carnero, salpicón las más noches, duelos y quebrantos los sábados, lantejas los viernes, algún palomino de añadidura los domingos, consumían las tres partes de su haciendaA pot of stew of rather more beef than mutton, a salad on most nights, scraps on Saturdays, lentils on Fridays, and a pigeon or so extra on Sundays, made away with three-quarters of his income.
* Sabbath, sabbath
* the letter S in the Spanish spelling alphabet

#### Derived terms

* el sábado, sabadete, camisa nueva y polvete
* hacer sábado

#### Descendants

* → Cebuano: Sabado
* → Chayuco Mixtec: zavɨru
* → Karao: Sabaro
* → Mezquital Otomi: sabdo
* → Papiamentu: djasabra
* → San Juan Colorado Mixtec: sávuru, savru
* → Tagalog: Sabado
* → Taos: sóbolu
* → Tataltepec Chatino: saru
* → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: söbro
* → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: xöbatu
* → Tübatulabal: ša·varu

### See also

* days of the week: días de la semana (appendix): lunes · martes · miércoles · jueves · viernes · sábado · domingo
* Sabado

### Further reading

* “sábado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### Anagrams

* adobás, adobas, basado, sobada