falar

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin fābulārī (“chat, converse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈlaɾ/,

Verb

falar (first-person singular indicative present falo, past participle faláu)

1. to talk
2. to speak

Conjugation

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese falar, from Latin fābulārī (“chat, converse”). Doublet of fabular, which was borrowed from Latin. Compare Portuguese falar, Spanish hablar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈlaɾ/

Verb

falar (first-person singular present falo, first-person singular preterite falei, past participle falado)

1. (intransitive) to speak, to talk

   Falemos.

   Let's talk.

2. (transitive with con) to talk to (someone)
3. (transitive with para) to speak to one particular audience or in one particular direction

   Non oes ou falo para as moscas?

   Aren't you hearing me or am I speaking to the flies?

4. (transitive with de or sobre) to talk about
5. (transitive) to speak (to be able to communicate in a language)

   Eu falo galego.

   I speak Galician.

6. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to get along
7. (transitive with con) to have a relation with

Conjugation

Noun

falar m (plural falares)

1. speech

   O falar non ten cancelas. (proverb) ― Speech has no gates.

References

• “falar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “falar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “falar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “falar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “falar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto fali, English fall, German fallen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈlar/

Verb

falar (present falas, past falis, future falos, conditional falus, imperative falez)

1. (intransitive) to fall (down), tumble

Conjugation

    Conjugation of falar

		present		past		future
infinitive		falar		falir		falor
tense		falas		falis		falos
conditional		falus
imperative		falez
adjective active participle		falanta		falinta		falonta
adverbial active participle		falante		falinte		falonte
nominal active participle	singular	falanto		falinto		falonto
	plural	falanti		falinti		falonti

Derived terms

Mirandese

Etymology

From Latin fābulārī (“chat, converse”).

Verb

falar

1. to speak

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fābulārī (“chat, converse”). Compare Old Spanish fablar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.ˈlaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ

Verb

falar

1. to speak; to talk

Conjugation

Related terms

• fala

Descendants

• Fala: falal
• Galician: falar
• Portuguese: falar

Noun

falar m (plural falares)

1. speech (the act of speaking)

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese falar, from Latin fābulārī (“chat, converse”). Doublet of fabular, which was borrowed from Latin. Compare Galician falar, Spanish hablar.

Alternative forms

• fallar (obsolete)
• falá (apocopic or eye dialect)

Pronunciation

• (Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɐˈla(ɹ)/
• Hyphenation: fa‧lar

Verb

falar (first-person singular present falo, first-person singular preterite falei, past participle falado)

1. (intransitive) to speak; to talk (to say words out loud)

   Para de falar. ― Stop talking.

   Fala! ― Talk!

   Fale, por favor. ― Please, talk..

2. (by extension) to communicate by any means

   Synonym: comunicar

   Já não nos falamos. ― We don't talk anymore.

   Falamo-nos por correio. ― We communicate by mail.

3. (Brazil, transitive) to say something

   Synonym: dizer

   Para de falar bobagens. ― Stop talking nonsense.

4. (transitive with com or para) to talk to

   Synonyms: conversar, papear

   Estou falando com você ― I'm talking to you.

   Tás a falar pra mim? ― Are you talking to me?

5. (transitive with Brazil or para) to tell (to convey by speech)

   Synonyms: contar, dizer, relatar

   Vou falar para você. ― I’m going to tell you.

6. (transitive with de or sobre) to talk about
7. (transitive with de) to speak ill of
8. (transitive) to speak (to be able to communicate in a language)

   Eu falo português.

   I speak Portuguese.

Conjugation

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:falar.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Nominalization of Etymology 1.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: fa‧lar

Noun

falar m (plural falares)

1. a cant, dialect or regional language

   Synonym: fala

Related terms