habla
habla
feminine noun
1language (idioma); dialect (dialecto)
- de habla española -> Spanish-speaking
- los países de habla inglesa -> English-speaking countries
- el habla popular -> the everyday speech
2speech (facultad)
- no saben si recuperará el habla -> they don't know if she will ever speak again
- quedarse sin habla -> to be left speechless
3parole (linguistics)
4(al teléfono)
- estar al habla con alguien -> to be on the line to somebody
- ¿el Sr. Pastor? — al habla -> Mr Pastor? — speaking!
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habla [ah’-blah]
noun
1Speech (facultad), idiom, language (nacional) 2. (f)
2Talk (acto), conversation. (f)
- Estar sin habl -> or perder el habla, to be speechless
- Nega -> or quitar el habla, to refuse to speak to a person
- Ponerse al habla -> 1. To come within speaking distance (entre barcos). 2. (coll.) To talk with anyone by means of the telephone.
Discourse, argument.
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