hallar

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See also: hällar

Faroese

Pronunciation

Noun

hallar f

  1. genitive singular of høll
    uttan hallar
    outside the hall

Icelandic

Noun

hallar

  1. indefinite genitive singular of höll

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

hallar m

  1. indefinite plural of hall

Old Norse

Proper noun

hallar

  1. genitive singular of hǫll

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish fallar (“to find”), following internal consonant spread and palatalization, namely via Vulgar Latin *faflāre, from Latin afflāre (“to breathe or blow upon”). Cognate to Portuguese achar, Romanian afla. For the phonetic development, compare Old Spanish finchar, Spanish hinchar.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /aˈʝaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /aˈʎaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aˈʃaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aˈʒaɾ/

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ha‧llar

Verb

hallar (first-person singular present hallo, first-person singular preterite hallé, past participle hallado)

  1. (transitive) to find something, deliberately or not
    Synonym: encontrar, trovar (Old Spanish)
    Al final sí lograron hallar dónde comprar el libro.
    In the end they did manage to find where to buy the book.
  2. (transitive) to strike (a balance between options)
    El presidente prometió que hallaría un balance entre ambos bandos.
    The president promised to strike a balance between both groups.
  3. (reflexive) to find oneself in a certain way (+adjective)
    Synonym: encontrarse
    Nos hallamos contentos con los resultados.
    We found ourselves (were in the end) happy with the results.
  4. (reflexive) to enjoy oneself somewhere, enjoy one's time
    Synonym: imaginarse
    No me hallo en ese grupo
    I wouldn't enjoy myself in that group.
    Sí que te hallaste con el vecino, ¿eh?
    You really enjoyed your time with the neighbour, didn't you?

Conjugation

    Conjugation of hallar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive hallar
gerund hallando
past participle masculine feminine
singular hallado hallada
plural hallados halladas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present hallo hallastú
hallásvos 		halla hallamos halláis hallan
imperfect hallaba hallabas hallaba hallábamos hallabais hallaban
preterite hallé hallaste halló hallamos hallasteis hallaron
future hallaré hallarás hallará hallaremos hallaréis hallarán
conditional hallaría hallarías hallaría hallaríamos hallaríais hallarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present halle hallestú
hallésvos2 		halle hallemos halléis hallen
imperfect
(ra) 		hallara hallaras hallara halláramos hallarais hallaran
imperfect
(se) 		hallase hallases hallase hallásemos hallaseis hallasen
future1 hallare hallares hallare halláremos hallareis hallaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative hallatú
hallávos 		halle hallemos hallad hallen
negative no halles no halle no hallemos no halléis no hallen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of hallar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive hallar dative hallarme hallarte hallarle, hallarse hallarnos hallaros hallarles, hallarse
accusative hallarme hallarte hallarlo, hallarla, hallarse hallarnos hallaros hallarlos, hallarlas, hallarse
with gerund hallando dative hallándome hallándote hallándole, hallándose hallándonos hallándoos hallándoles, hallándose
accusative hallándome hallándote hallándolo, hallándola, hallándose hallándonos hallándoos hallándolos, hallándolas, hallándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative halla dative hállame hállate hállale hállanos not used hállales
accusative hállame hállate hállalo, hállala hállanos not used hállalos, hállalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative hallá dative hallame hallate hallale hallanos not used hallales
accusative hallame hallate hallalo, hallala hallanos not used hallalos, hallalas
with formal second-person singular imperative halle dative hálleme not used hállele, hállese hállenos not used hálleles
accusative hálleme not used hállelo, hállela, hállese hállenos not used hállelos, hállelas
with first-person plural imperative hallemos dative not used hallémoste hallémosle hallémonos hallémoos hallémosles
accusative not used hallémoste hallémoslo, hallémosla hallémonos hallémoos hallémoslos, hallémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative hallad dative halladme not used halladle halladnos hallaos halladles
accusative halladme not used halladlo, halladla halladnos hallaos halladlos, halladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative hallen dative hállenme not used hállenle hállennos not used hállenles, hállense
accusative hállenme not used hállenlo, hállenla hállennos not used hállenlos, hállenlas, hállense

Derived terms

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

hallar

  1. indefinite plural of hall
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