el habla. 'el habla'. This feminine noun, preceded by el means 'speech, talking'. For example, 'Borges estudió muy profundamente el habla de Buenos Aires' / 'Borges deeply studied the speech of Buenos Aires'. El habla.
habla
feminine noun
1. language (idioma); dialect (dialecto)
- de habla española -> Spanish-speaking
- los países de habla inglesa -> English-speaking countries
- el habla popular -> the everyday speech
2. speech (facultad)
- no saben si recuperará el habla -> they don't know if she will ever speak again
- quedarse sin habla -> to be left speechless
3. parole (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
1. Speech (facultad), idiom, language (nacional) 2. (f)
2. Talk (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.
habla
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