Chapter 10 🧙 Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone 🪄 Multilingual 💬

[Micki]

@HopeWaterfall

Today’s word of the day is " sabihondo", coming from the latin sapibundus derived from sapere. And, as you may or may not know, the verb saber originates from sapere. This makes guessing the meaning of sabihondo possible, and in fact, it is used to describe a know-it-all, or a person who wrongly thinks that they know everything. Weirdly enough, there are two possible yet correct ways of writting it, the one prefered by the RAE being sabiondo.

This is also making me curious as to whether sabionda is used to describe Hermione in the Spanish translation of Harry Potter. The word definitely seems like it would fit her, specifically in a description by Snape, but I digress…

Well we found out this week - the answer is yes! Not just a sabihonda, but a sabihonda mandona - a bossy pants know it all!

I hadn’t remembered any of the details of the battle with the trol - so I particularly enjoyed reading the story unfold.