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 this one regularly take the singular articles el and un, usually reserved for masculine nouns.
    el habla, un habla
  • They maintain the usual feminine singular articles la and una if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun.
Derived terms
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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 (c. 16th–18th century) Early Modern Spanish hablar, from Old Spanish fablar, from Latin fābulārī. Attested in Vocabulario de lengua tagala (1613). Doublet of abla and pabula.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /habˈla/,
  • Hyphenation: hab‧la

Noun

hablá (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜊ᜔ᜎ)

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

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