habla

See also: hablá

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈabla/

Etymology 1

From Latin fābula (“discourse”).

Noun

habla f (plural hablas)

  1. speech (faculty of speech)
  2. speaking (action)

Usage notes

  • The feminine noun habla is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed a sound in that it takes the definite article el (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective:
el habla
  • However, if an adjective, even one that begins with a stressed a sound such as alta or ancha, intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la.

Etymology 2

From the verb hablar

Verb

habla

  1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of hablar.
    Habla. — “He [or she] speaks.”
    (Usted) habla. — (formal singular) “(You) speak.”
  2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of hablar.
    ¡Habla! — (informal singular) The command, “Speak!”

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: hab‧la

Verb

hablá

  1. to file a lawsuit

Derived terma

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