See also: hablá

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

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

Noun edit

habla f (plural hablas)

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

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

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 edit

Tagalog edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish hablar. Attested in Vocabulario de lengua tagala (1613). Doublet of abla and pabula, a later borrowing.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

hablá (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜊ᜔ᜎ)

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

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