haber

See also: Haber and håber

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خبر (haber), from Arabic خَبَر (ḵabar).

Noun

haber m

1. news

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin habēre, present active infinitive of habeō (“hold, have”).

Verb

haber

1. there be

   Hai muncha diferencia.

   There's a big difference.

2. have to, be necessary (to)

   hai que coyer la carretera.

   You have to take the road.

3. to introduce the time ago that something happened

   Hai tres años que se creó l'asociación.

   The association was created three years ago.

4. have (used to create perfect tenses)

   había nacíu.

   He had been born.

Conjugation of haber

infinitive		haber
gerundive		habiendo
participle		m habíu, f habida, n habío, m pl habíos, f pl habíes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	habo	habes	habe	habemos	habéis	haben
	preterite imperfect	había	habíes	había	habíemos	habíeis	habíen
	preterite indefinite	habí	habiesti	habió	habiemos	habiestis	habieron
	pluperfect	habiere	habieres	habiere	habiéremos	habiereis	habieren
subjunctive	present	haba	habas	haba	habamos	habáis	haban
	preterite imperfect	habiere	habieres	habiere	habiéremos	habiereis	habieren
potential	future	haberé	haberás	haberá	haberemos	haberéis	haberán
	conditional	habería	haberíes	habería	haberíemos/haberíamos	haberíeis/haberíais	haberíen
imperative			habi			habéi

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese aver, from Latin habēre, present active infinitive of habeō (“hold, have”).

Verb

1. first-person singular personal infinitive of haber
2. third-person singular personal infinitive of haber

See also

• ter

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Interlingua

Etymology

From Spanish, from Latin habēre, present active infinitive of habeō (“hold, have”).

Verb

haber

1. to have

Conjugation

    Conjugation of haber

infinitive		haber
participle		present	perfect
		habente	habite
active		simple	perfect
	present	habe, ha	ha habite
	past	habeva	habeva habite
	future	habera	habera habite
	conditional	haberea	haberea habite
	imperative	habe
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es habite	ha essite habite
	past	esseva habite	habeva essite habite
	future	essera habite	habera essite habite
	conditional	esserea habite	haberea essite habite
	imperative	sia habite

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Ladino

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خبر (haber) (compare Turkish haber), from Arabic خَبَر (ḵabar).

Noun

1. news

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• àber

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خبر (haber), from Arabic خَبَر (ḵabar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xǎber/
• Hyphenation: ha‧ber

Noun

hàber m (Cyrillic spelling ха̀бер)

1. news information
2. message
3. sensation, feeling

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Spanish

Etymology

A Latinizing respelling of Old Spanish aver, from Vulgar Latin *aveo, from Latin habeō (“hold, have”), probably from Proto-Italic *habēō or *haβēō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰ- (“to grab, to take”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbeɾ/ [aˈβ̞eɾ]

Verb

1. (auxiliary verb taking past participle to build various perfect tenses) to have

   He trabajado muy duro durante este mes.

   I have worked very hard during this month.

   Mi hermanito me pidió más chocolate, pero ya le había dado demasiado.

   My little brother asked me for more chocolate, but I had already given him too much.

2. to hold; to possess(Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. (impersonal, in third person singular only) to exist; “there is”, “there are” (hay); “there was”, “there were” (había)
   • 2013, El sueńo de Morfeo, Será esta vez

     Tan largo el silencio que hubo entre nosotros dos

     The silence that was between the two of us was so long

   No hay muchas personas aquí.

   There aren't many people here.

4. (with “de” + infinitive) to have to do.
   • 1920, Alain René Le Sage, Historia de Gil Blas de Santillana, page 85:

     Aquí, me dijo, has de trabajar.

     Here, he told me, you have to work.

5. used to denote a past obligation

   Haberte llamado.

   I ought to have phoned you.

Usage notes

• (to have): haber is no longer used with the sense of ownership, except in some idioms. The modern term to express ownership is tener (“to have”).
• (impersonal, in third person only, to exist): In the present indicative, the only form still in use is hay (“there is, there are”). The standard third-person forms are used in other tenses and moods.

Derived terms

• haber gato encerrado
• habido y por haber
• habiente
• hábil
• tiempo ha

 

Further reading

• “haber”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• “haber” in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2023. →ISBN

Noun

haber m (plural haberes)

1. asset
2. history
3. credit side

See also

• tener (“to have, hold, possess”)

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish خبر (haber), from Arabic خَبَر (ḵabar).

Noun

haber (definite accusative haberi, plural haberler)

1. news

   Haberleri izliyorum. - I am watching the news.

2. information

   Haberim var. - I know about it. (literally "I have information.")

3. knowledge

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	haber
Definite accusative	haberi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	haber	haberler
Definite accusative	haberi	haberleri
Dative	habere	haberlere
Locative	haberde	haberlerde
Ablative	haberden	haberlerden
Genitive	haberin	haberlerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular haberim haberlerim 2nd singular haberin haberlerin 3rd singular haberi haberleri 1st plural haberimiz haberlerimiz 2nd plural haberiniz haberleriniz 3rd plural haberleri haberleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular haberimi haberlerimi 2nd singular haberini haberlerini 3rd singular haberini haberlerini 1st plural haberimizi haberlerimizi 2nd plural haberinizi haberlerinizi 3rd plural haberlerini haberlerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular haberime haberlerime 2nd singular haberine haberlerine 3rd singular haberine haberlerine 1st plural haberimize haberlerimize 2nd plural haberinize haberlerinize 3rd plural haberlerine haberlerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular haberimde haberlerimde 2nd singular haberinde haberlerinde 3rd singular haberinde haberlerinde 1st plural haberimizde haberlerimizde 2nd plural haberinizde haberlerinizde 3rd plural haberlerinde haberlerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular haberimden haberlerimden 2nd singular haberinden haberlerinden 3rd singular haberinden haberlerinden 1st plural haberimizden haberlerimizden 2nd plural haberinizden haberlerinizden 3rd plural haberlerinden haberlerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular haberimin haberlerimin 2nd singular haberinin haberlerinin 3rd singular haberinin haberlerinin 1st plural haberimizin haberlerimizin 2nd plural haberinizin haberlerinizin 3rd plural haberlerinin haberlerinin

Descendants

• → Greek: χαμπάρι (champári)
• → Romanian: habar

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhabɛr/
• IPA^(key): /ˈhaːbɛr/, /ˈhabɛr/

Noun

haber

1. h-prothesized form of aber

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
aber	unchanged	unchanged	haber
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.