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falar

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Asturian

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Etymology

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From Old Leonese falar, from Latin fābulārī (“to chat, converse”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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falar (first-person singular indicative present falo, past participle faláu)

  1. to talk
  2. to speak

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese falar, from Latin fābulārī (“chat, converse”). Doublet of fabular, which was borrowed from Latin. Compare Asturian, Mirandese and Portuguese falar, Spanish hablar.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /faˈlaɾ/ [faˈlaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Hyphenation: fa‧lar

Verb

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falar (first-person singular present falo, first-person singular preterite falei, past participle falado)

  1. (intransitive) to speak, to talk
    Falemos.
    Let's talk.
  2. (intransitive) [with con ‘to someone’]
  3. (intransitive) to speak [with para ‘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?
  4. (intransitive) to talk about [with de or sobre]
  5. (transitive) to speak (to be able to communicate in a language)
    Eu falo galego.
    I speak Galician.
  6. (pronominal) to get along
  7. (intransitive) to have a relation [with con ‘with someone’]

Conjugation

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Noun

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falar m (plural falares)

  1. speech
    O falar non ten cancelas. (proverb) ― Speech has no gates.

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Ido

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Esperanto fali, English fall, German fallen.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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falar (present falas, past falis, future falos, conditional falus, imperative falez)

  1. (intransitive) to fall, to fall down

Conjugation

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Conjugation of falar
present past future
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

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Mirandese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Leonese falar, from Latin fābulārī (“to chat, converse”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /faˈlaɾ/ [fɐˈlaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: fa‧lar

Verb

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falar (first-person singular present falo, first-person singular preterite falei, past participle falado)

  1. to speak, to talk

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Moisés, Pires (2004), “falar”, in Pequeno vocabulário Mirandês-Português [Small Mirandese-Portuguese Vocabulary], 2nd edition, Miranda do Douro: Câmara Municipal de Miranda do Douro, published 2019, →ISBN, page 261.

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Latin fābulārī (“chat, converse”). Compare Old Spanish fablar.

    Pronunciation

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    Verb

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    falar

    1. to speak; to talk

    Conjugation

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    Descendants

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    • Fala: falal
    • Galician: falar
    • Portuguese: falar

    Noun

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    falar m (plural falares)

    1. speech (the act of speaking)

    Portuguese

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    Etymology 1

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    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

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    Pronunciation

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    • (Rural Central Brazil) IPA(key): /fɐˈla(ɹ)/
    • Hyphenation: fa‧lar

    Verb

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    falar (first-person singular present falo, first-person singular preterite falei, past participle falado)

    1. (intransitive) to speak; to talk (to say words out loud)
      Para de falar. ― Stop talking.
      Fala! ― Talk!
      Fale, por favor. ― Please, talk..
    2. (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.
    3. (Brazil, transitive) to say something
      Synonym: dizer
      Para de falar bobagens. ― Stop talking nonsense.
      • 2006, Norma Simões Lopes Duarte, Mulheres de um homem só, Editora AGE Ltda., →ISBN, page 36:
        Os pensamentos que fervilhavam em seus cérebros era: afinal, homens é que podiam falar palavrão e baixarias, não suas distintas esposas criadas em colégio de freiras.
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    4. (intransitive) to talk [with com or para ‘to someone’]
      Synonyms: conversar, papear
      Estou falando com você ― I'm talking to you.
      Tás a falar pra mim? ― Are you talking to me?
    5. (Brazil, transitive) to tell (to convey by speech) [with para ‘someone’]
      Synonyms: contar, dizer, relatar
      Vou falar para você. ― I’m going to tell you.
    6. (intransitive) to talk [with de or sobre ‘about someone/something’]
    7. (intransitive) to speak ill [with de ‘of someone/something’]
    8. (transitive) to speak (to be able to communicate in a language)
      Eu falo português.
      I speak Portuguese.
      • 2006, Richard Diegues, André Vianco, Alexandre Heredia, Visões de São Paulo - Ensaios Urbanos, Tarja Editorial, →ISBN, page 13:
        Formigas. Formiguinhas pequenininhas, marchando em linha. E elas falam. Elas dizem coisas impossíveis de entender porque eu não falo formiguês.
        Ants. Little, tiny ants, marching in line. And they speak. They say things impossible to understand because I don't speak antese.
      • 2012, Luís Fernando Veríssimo, “A tradutora belga”, in Diálogos Impossíveis, Rio de Janeiro: Editora Objetiva, →ISBN, page 84:
        — E que língua se falava na Bélgica, afinal?
        And what language do they speak in Belgium anyway?
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    Etymology 2

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    Nominalization of Etymology 1.

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    • Hyphenation: fa‧lar

    Noun

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    falar m (plural falares)

    1. a cant, dialect or regional language
      Synonym: fala
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