Asturian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin fābulārī (chat, converse).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /faˈlaɾ/, [faˈlaɾ]

Verb edit

falar (first-person singular indicative present falo, past participle faláu)

  1. to talk
  2. to speak

Conjugation edit

Galician edit

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese falar, from Latin fābulārī (chat, converse). Doublet of fabular, which was borrowed from Latin. Compare Portuguese falar, Spanish hablar.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

falar (first-person singular present falo, first-person singular preterite falei, past participle falado)

  1. (intransitive) to speak, to talk
    Falemos.
    Let's talk.
  2. (transitive with con) to talk to (someone)
  3. (transitive with para) to speak to one particular audience or in one particular direction
    Non oes ou falo para as moscas?
    Aren't you hearing me or am I speaking to the flies?
  4. (transitive with de or sobre) to talk about
  5. (transitive) to speak (to be able to communicate in a language)
    Eu falo galego.
    I speak Galician.
  6. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to get along
  7. (transitive with con) to have a relation with

Conjugation edit

Noun edit

falar m (plural falares)

  1. speech
    O falar non ten cancelas. (proverb)Speech has no gates.

References edit

  • falar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • falar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • falar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • falar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • falar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.


Ido edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Esperanto faliEnglish fallGerman fallen.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

falar (present falas, past falis, future falos, conditional falus, imperative falez)

  1. (intransitive) to fall (down), tumble

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Mirandese edit

Etymology edit

From Latin fābulārī (chat, converse).

Verb edit

falar

  1. to speak

Old Galician-Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin fābulārī (chat, converse). Compare Old Spanish fablar.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

falar

  1. to speak; to talk

Conjugation edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Fala: falal
  • Galician: falar
  • Portuguese: falar

Noun edit

falar m (plural falares)

  1. speech (the act of speaking)

Portuguese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese falar, from Latin fābulārī (chat, converse). Doublet of fabular, which was borrowed from Latin. Compare Galician falar, Spanish hablar.

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

 
 

  • (Rural Central Brazil) IPA(key): /fɐˈla(ɹ)/
  • Hyphenation: fa‧lar

Verb edit

falar (first-person singular present falo, first-person singular preterite falei, past participle falado)

  1. (intransitive) to speak; to talk (to say words out loud)
    Para de falar.Stop talking.
    Fala!Talk!
    Fale, por favor.Please, talk..
  2. (by extension) to communicate by any means
    Synonym: comunicar
    Já não nos falamos.We don't talk anymore.
    Falamo-nos por correio.We communicate by mail.
  3. (Brazil, transitive) to say something
    Synonym: dizer
    Para de falar bobagens.Stop talking nonsense.
  4. (transitive with com or para) to talk to
    Synonyms: conversar, papear
    Estou falando com vocêI'm talking to you.
    Tás a falar pra mim?Are you talking to me?
  5. (transitive with Brazil or para) to tell (to convey by speech)
    Synonyms: contar, dizer, relatar
    Vou falar para você.I’m going to tell you.
  6. (transitive with de or sobre) to talk about
  7. (transitive with de) to speak ill of
  8. (transitive) to speak (to be able to communicate in a language)
    Eu falo português.
    I speak Portuguese.
Conjugation edit
Quotations edit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:falar.

Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Nominalization of Etymology 1.

Pronunciation edit

 
 

  • Hyphenation: fa‧lar

Noun edit

falar m (plural falares)

  1. a cant, dialect or regional language
    Synonym: fala
Related terms edit