habla
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See also: hablá
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Spanish fabla, from Latin fābula (“discourse”), from Proto-Italic *fāðlā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“speak”) + *-dʰleh₂. Compare fábula, a borrowed doublet.
Noun[edit]
habla f (plural hablas)
Usage notes[edit]
- The feminine noun habla is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed a sound in that it takes the definite article el (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective:
- However, if an adjective, even one that begins with a stressed a sound such as alta or ancha, intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la.
Related terms[edit]
- hablar (“to speak”)
Descendants[edit]
- → Tagalog: abla
Etymology 2[edit]
From the verb hablar.
Verb[edit]
habla
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of hablar.
- Habla. ― He [or she] speaks.
- (Usted) habla. (formal singular) ― (You) speak.
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of hablar.
- ¡Habla! (informal singular) ― Speak!
Further reading[edit]
- “habla” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Tagalog[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: hab‧la
Verb[edit]
hablá
Derived terms[edit]
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- Spanish 2-syllable words
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- Spanish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰeh₂- (speak)
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- Spanish terms derived from Old Spanish
- Spanish terms inherited from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
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- Spanish terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Spanish doublets
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