haber

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خبر‎ (haber), from Arabic خَبَر‎ (ḵabar).

haber m

1. news

Inherited from Navarro-Aragonese haber, in turn from Latin habēre, present active infinitive of habeō (“hold, have”).

haber

1. have; there be

Inherited from Old Leonese haber, in turn from Latin habēre, present active infinitive of habeō (“hold, have”).

haber

1. there be

   Hai muncha diferencia.

   There's a big difference.

2. have to, be necessary (to)

   hai que coyer la carretera.

   You have to take the road.

3. to introduce the time ago that something happened

   Hai tres años que se creó l'asociación.

   The association was created three years ago.

4. have (used to create perfect tenses)

   había nacíu.

   He had been born.

• ye lo que hai
• ye lo que hay

• haver (reintegrationist)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aver, from Latin habēre (“to hold, have”). Compare Portuguese haver.

• IPA^(key): [a.ˈβeɾ]

haber (first-person singular present hei, first-person singular preterite houben, past participle habido)

1. (auxiliary with de and a verb in the infinitive) shall; ought to; should

   Hei de ir verte. ― I ought to come to see you.

   Houben de matarme nese accidente. ― I ought to kill myself in that accident [I almost killed myself in an accident]

   • 1671, Gabriel Feijoo, Contenda dos labradores de Caldelas:

     bou correndo pola posta, s'acho jantar que comer, qu'ainda a tarde ei de esparjer unha gran pilla de bosta

     I'm running for the loaf, if I find food to eat, because this afternoon I ought to spread a large pile of dung

2. (in the present tense, auxiliary with a verb in the infinitive) forms the future tense

   Á noite hei entrar alí. ― At night I will enter there.

3. (in the imperfect tense, auxiliary with a verb in the infinitive) forms the conditional
4. (impersonal, transitive) there be; exist
5. (impersonal, transitive) there be; to happen; to occur
6. (dated, transitive) to have; to own; to possess
7. (impersonal, transitive) it has been ... since; ago (indicates the time since something occurred)

   Hai ben de anos que rematei a carreira. ― There have been many years since I finished my studies.

• haber doito

• ter

haber m (plural haberes)

1. asset
   • 1324, A. García y García (DIR. ed.), Synodicon hispanum I. Galicia. Madrid: Editorial Católica, page 16:

     de commo son agravados et endevedados et perderon os averes que suyan aver; por lles acorrermos a estas coytas et tribulaçoes et les fazermos aiuda et ben et merçee

     as they are injured and indebted and they lost the assets they used to have; for aiding them in this sorrows and troubles and giving them help and good and mercy

• “aver” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “aver” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “haber” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “haber” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “haber” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Spanish haber, from Latin habēre, present active infinitive of habeō (“hold, have”).

haber

1. to have

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خبر‎ (haber) (compare Turkish haber), from Arabic خَبَر‎ (ḵabar).

haber m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling חאביר‎)

1. news

Inherited from Old Leonese haber, in turn from Latin habēre, present active infinitive of habeō (“hold, have”).

• IPA^(key): /ɐˈbeɾ/, [ɐˈβeɾ]

haber

1. (impersonal, transitive) there be; to exist
2. (impersonal, transitive) there be; to happen; occur

• “haber” in Amadeu Ferreira, José Pedro Cardona Ferreira, Dicionário Mirandês-Português, 1st edition, 2004.

• àber

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خبر‎ (haber), from Arabic خَبَر‎ (ḵabar).

• IPA^(key): /xǎber/
• Hyphenation: ha‧ber

hàber m (Cyrillic spelling ха̀бер)

1. (regional, Bosnia) news
2. (regional, Bosnia) message, information
3. (regional, Bosnia) sensation, feeling

Latinised respelling of Old Spanish aver, from Latin habēre, habeō (“have, hold”), probably from Proto-Italic *habēō or *haβēō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- (“to grab, take”). Cognate with French avoir, Italian avere, Occitan aver, Portuguese haver, Romanian avea, avere, and Sardinian (Campidanese airi, Logudorese àere), and English aver (borrowed via Old French).

• IPA^(key): /aˈbeɾ/ [aˈβ̞eɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: ha‧ber
• Homophone: a ver

haber (first-person singular present he, first-person singular preterite hube, past participle habido)

1. (auxiliary verb taking past participle to build various perfect tenses) to have

   He trabajado muy duro durante este mes.

   I have worked very hard during this month.

   Mi hermanito me pidió más chocolate, pero ya le había dado demasiado.

   My little brother asked me for more chocolate, but I had already given him too much.

2. (obsolete) to hold, to possess
3. (impersonal, in third person singular only) to exist; “there is”, “there are” (hay); “there was”, “there were” (había)

   No hay muchas personas aquí.

   There aren't many people here.

   En el cofre había un libro antiguo.

   In the chest there was an antique book.

   • 2013, El sueño de Morfeo, Será esta vez:

     Tan largo el silencio que hubo entre nosotros dos

     The silence that was between the two of us was so long

4. (dated or formal) to have to (+ de + infinitive)
   • 1920, Alain René Le Sage, Historia de Gil Blas de Santillana, page 85:

     Aquí, me dijo, has de trabajar.

     Here, he told me, you have to work.

5. (Used only in the third-person existential form) to be necessary (+ que + infinitive)

   Hay que proteger el mundo.

   It is necessary to protect the world.

6. used to denote a past obligation

   Haberla llamado.

   You ought to have phoned her.

• (to have): haber is no longer used with the sense of ownership, except in some idioms. The modern term to express ownership is tener (“to have”).
• (impersonal, in third person only, to exist): In the present indicative, the only impersonal form still in use is hay (“there is, there are”). The standard third-person forms are used in other tenses and moods.
• (past obligation): haber is used to make what is known as the imperativo retrospectivo. It used formed in the infinitive + past participle, and only applies to the second person (singular or plural).

haber m (plural haberes)

1. asset
2. history
3. credit side

• tener (“to have, hold, possess”)

• “haber”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• “haber” in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2023. →ISBN

From Ottoman Turkish خبر‎ (haber), from Arabic خَبَر‎ (ḵabar).

• IPA^(key): /hɑˈbæɾ/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: ha‧ber

haber (definite accusative haberi, plural haberler)

1. news

   Haberleri izliyorum. ― I am watching the news.

2. information

   Haberim var. ― I know about it. (literally, “I have information.”)

3. knowledge

• haber ajansı (“news agency”)
• haber almak
• haber atlamak
• haber bülteni (“newsletter”)
• haber vermek (“to let know”)
• haberci (“reporter”)
• habercilik (“journalism”)
• habersiz (“uninformed”)

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈhabɛr/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈhaːbɛr/, /ˈhabɛr/

haber

1. h-prothesized form of aber