habla

See also: hablá

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈabla/ [ˈa.β̞la]
• 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

• acto de habla
• al habla
• sin habla

 

Related terms

• hablar (“to speak”)

 

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 [or she] speaks.

   (Usted) habla. (formal singular) ― (You) speak.

   ¡Habla! (informal singular) ― Speak!

Further reading

• “habla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish habla, the presence of an /h/ initial may indicate late borrowing. Doublet of abla.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: hab‧la
• IPA^(key): /habˈla/, [hɐbˈla]

Noun

hablá (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜊ᜔ᜎ)

1. (law) accusation; complaint (in court)

   Synonyms: sakdal, demanda, akusasyon, reklamo

Derived terms

• hablahan
• ihabla
• maghabla
• mahabla
• paghahabla

 

Further reading

• “habla”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018