falar

Portuguese

/fɐ.ˈlaɾ/, /fa.ˈla(ʁ)/, /fa.ˈla(h)/, /fa.ˈlaɹ/

verb
Definitions
  • (intransitive) to speak; to talk to say words out loud
  • (by extension) to communicate by any means
  • (transitive) to say something
  • to talk to
  • to tell to convey by speech
  • to talk about
  • to speak ill of
  • (transitive) to speak to be able to communicate in a language

Etymology

Inherited from Old Portuguese falar inherited from Latin *fabulare, *fāb(u)lāre, fābulārī.

Origin

Latin

fābulārī

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