See also: hablá

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈabla/ [ˈa.β̞la]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -abla
  • Syllabification: ha‧bla

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Spanish fabla, from Latin fābula (discourse). Compare fábula, a borrowed doublet.

Noun

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habla f (plural hablas)

  1. speech (faculty of speech)
  2. speaking (action)
Usage notes
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  • 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
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  • Tagalog: abla

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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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!

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish hablar. Attested in Fr. San Buenaventura's Vocabulario de lengua tagala (1613). Doublet of abla and pabula, later borrowings.

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Noun

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hablá (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜊ᜔ᜎ)

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

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