falar
Asturian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Leonese falare, from Latin fābulārī (“to chat, converse”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
falar (first-person singular indicative present falo, past participle faláu)
Conjugation edit
infinitive | falar | ||||||
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gerund | falando | ||||||
past participle | m faláu, f falada, n falao, m pl falaos, f pl falaes | ||||||
person | first singular yo |
second singular tu |
third singular él/elli |
first plural nosotros/nós |
second plural vosotros/vós |
third plural ellos | |
indicative | present | falo | fales | fala | falamos | faláis | falen |
imperfect | falaba | falabes | falaba | falábemos, falábamos | falabeis, falabais | falaben | |
preterite | falé | falasti, falesti | faló | falemos | falastis, falestis | falaron | |
pluperfect | falare, falara | falares, falaras | falare, falara | faláremos, faláramos | falareis, falarais | falaren, falaran | |
future | falaré | falarás | falará | falaremos | falaréis | falarán | |
conditional | falaría | falaríes | falaría | falaríemos, falaríamos | falaríeis, falaríais | falaríen | |
subjunctive | present | fale | fales, falas | fale | falemos | faléis | falen, falan |
imperfect | falare, falara | falares, falaras | falare, falara | faláremos, faláramos | falareis, falarais | falaren, falaran | |
imperative | — | fala | — | — | falái | — |
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)
- (intransitive) to speak, to talk
- Falemos.
- Let's talk.
- (transitive with con) to talk to (someone)
- (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?
- (transitive with de or sobre) to talk about
- (transitive) to speak (to be able to communicate in a language)
- Eu falo galego.
- I speak Galician.
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to get along
- (transitive with con) to have a relation with
Conjugation edit
Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) |
Second-person (ti) |
Third-person (el / ela / Vde.) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | falar | |||||
Personal | falar | falares | falar | falarmos | falardes | falaren |
Gerund | ||||||
falando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | falado | falados | ||||
Feminine | falada | faladas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | falo | falas | fala | falamos | falades | falan |
Imperfect | falaba | falabas | falaba | falabamos | falabades | falaban |
Preterite | falei | falaches | falou | falamos | falastes | falaron |
Pluperfect | falara | falaras | falara | falaramos | falarades | falaran |
Future | falarei | falarás | falará | falaremos | falaredes | falarán |
Conditional | falaría | falarías | falaría | falariamos | falariades | falarían |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | fale | fales | fale | falemos | faledes | falen |
Imperfect | falase | falases | falase | falásemos | falásedes | falasen |
Future | falar | falares | falar | falarmos | falardes | falaren |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | fala | fale | falemos | falade | falen | |
Negative (non) | non fales | non fale | non falemos | non faledes | non falen |
1Less recommended.
Noun edit
falar m (plural falares)
- 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 fali, English fall, German fallen.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
falar (present falas, past falis, future falos, conditional falus, imperative falez)
- (intransitive) to fall (down), tumble
Conjugation edit
present | past | future | |||||
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infinitive | falar | falir | falor | ||||
tense | falas | falis | falos | ||||
conditional | falus | ||||||
imperative | falez | ||||||
adjective active participle | falanta | falinta | falonta | ||||
adverbial active participle | falante | falinte | falonte | ||||
nominal active participle | singular | falanto | falinto | falonto | |||
plural | falanti | falinti | falonti |
Derived terms edit
Mirandese edit
Etymology edit
From Latin fābulārī (“chat, converse”).
Verb edit
falar
- to speak
Old Galician-Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin fābulārī (“chat, converse”). Compare Old Spanish fablar.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
falar
Conjugation edit
infinitive | simple | falar | |||||||
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compound | infinitive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
gerund | simple | falando | |||||||
compound | gerund of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
past participle | singular | plural | |||||||
masculine | falado | falada | |||||||
feminine | falados | faladas | |||||||
present participle | falante | falantes | |||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
indicative mood | eu | tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee |
nos nos outros nos outras |
vos vos outros vos outras |
eles elas | |||
simple tenses |
present | falo | falas | fala | falamos | falades | falan | ||
imperfect | falava | falavas | falava | falavamos, falávamos | falavades, falávades | falavan | |||
preterite | falei | falaste, falasche | falou | falamos | falastes | falaron | |||
pluperfect | falara | falaras | falara | falaramos, faláramos | falarades, falárades | falaran | |||
future | falarei | falarás | falará | falaremos | falaredes | falarán | |||
conditional | falaria | falarias | falaria | falariamos, falaríamos | falariades, falaríades | falarian | |||
compound tenses |
present perfect | present of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | |||||||
present imperfect | imperfect of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
past anterior | preterite of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
pluperfect | simple pluperfect of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
future perfect | future of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
subjunctive mood | eu | tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee |
nos nos outros nos outras |
vos vos outros vos outras |
eles elas | |||
simple tenses |
present | fale | fales | fale | falemos | faledes | falen | ||
preterite | falasse | falasses | falasse | falássemos | falássedes | falassen | |||
future | falar | falares | falar | falarmos | falardes | falaren | |||
compound tenses |
present perfect | present subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | |||||||
pluperfect | preterite subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
future perfect | future subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
imperative mood | — | tu | vossa mercee | nos nos outros nos outras |
vos vos outros vos outras |
— | |||
affirmative | — | fala | fale | falemos | falade | — | |||
negative | — | non fales | non fale | non falemos | non faledes | — | |||
personal infinitive | eu | tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee |
nos nos outros nos outras |
vos vos outros vos outras |
eles elas | |||
falar | falares | falar | falarmos | falardes | falaren | ||||
1 Its alternative form aver can be used as well. 2 Teer and ter were used too, though all 3 were less common than forms of "haver". |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Noun edit
falar m (plural falares)
- 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
Verb edit
falar (first-person singular present falo, first-person singular preterite falei, past participle falado)
- (intransitive) to speak; to talk (to say words out loud)
- Para de falar. ― Stop talking.
- Fala! ― Talk!
- Fale, por favor. ― Please, talk..
- (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.
- (Brazil, transitive) to say something
- Synonym: dizer
- Para de falar bobagens. ― Stop talking nonsense.
- (transitive with com or para) to talk to
- (transitive with Brazil or para) to tell (to convey by speech)
- (transitive with de or sobre) to talk about
- (transitive with de) to speak ill of
- (transitive) to speak (to be able to communicate in a language)
- Eu falo português.
- I speak Portuguese.
Conjugation edit
Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) |
Second-person (tu) |
Third-person (ele / ela / você) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | falar | |||||
Personal | falar | falares | falar | falarmos | falardes | falarem |
Gerund | ||||||
falando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | falado | falados | ||||
Feminine | falada | faladas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | falo | falas | fala | falamos | falais | falam |
Imperfect | falava | falavas | falava | falávamos | faláveis | falavam |
Preterite | falei | falaste | falou | falamos1, falámos2 | falastes | falaram |
Pluperfect | falara | falaras | falara | faláramos | faláreis | falaram |
Future | falarei | falarás | falará | falaremos | falareis | falarão |
Conditional | falaria | falarias | falaria | falaríamos | falaríeis | falariam |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | fale | fales | fale | falemos | faleis | falem |
Imperfect | falasse | falasses | falasse | falássemos | falásseis | falassem |
Future | falar | falares | falar | falarmos | falardes | falarem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | fala | fale | falemos | falai | falem | |
Negative (não) | não fales | não fale | não falemos | não faleis | não falem |
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
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)
Related terms edit
- Asturian terms inherited from Old Leonese
- Asturian terms derived from Old Leonese
- Asturian terms inherited from Latin
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- Rhymes:Asturian/aɾ
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- Rhymes:Galician/aɾ
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- Galician verbs ending in -ar
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- pt:Talking