habla

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See also: hablá

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈabla/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -abla
  • Syllabification: ha‧bla

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish fabla, from Latin fābula (“discourse”). Compare fábula, a borrowed doublet.

Noun

habla f (plural hablas)

  1. speech (faculty of speech)
  2. speaking (action)
Usage notes
  • Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like habla take the singular definite article el (otherwise reserved for masculine nouns) instead of the usual la: el habla. This includes the contracted forms al and del (instead of a la and de la, respectively): al habla, del habla.
These nouns also usually take the indefinite article un that is otherwise used with masculine nouns (although the standard feminine form una is also permitted): un habla or una habla. The same is true with determiners algún/alguna and ningún/ninguna, as well as for numerals ending with 1 (e.g., veintiún/veintiuna).
However, if another word intervenes between the article and the noun, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (la, una etc.) must be used: la mejor habla, una buena habla.
  • If an adjective follows the noun, it must agree with the noun's gender regardless of the article used: el habla única, un(a) habla buena.
  • In the plural, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (las, unas etc.) are always used.


Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Tagalog: abla

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

habla

  1. inflection of hablar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
    Habla. ― He speaks.
    (Usted) habla. (formal singular) ― (You) speak.
    ¡Habla! (informal singular) ― Speak!

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish hablar. Attested in Fr. San Buenaventura's Vocabulario de lengua tagala (1613). Doublet of abla and pabula, later borrowings.

Pronunciation

Noun

hablá (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜊ᜔ᜎ)

  1. (law) accusation; complaint (in court)
    Synonyms: sakdal, demanda, akusasyon, reklamo

Derived terms

Further reading

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