falar

From Old Leonese, from Latin fābulāre (“chat, converse”), collateral form of fābulārī.

• IPA^(key): /faˈlaɾ/, [faˈlaɾ]

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

1. to talk
2. to speak

From Old Portuguese falar, from Latin fābulāre (“chat, converse”), collateral form of fābulārī, a verb based on fābula (“tale”).[1] Cognate with Portuguese falar, Spanish hablar. Doublet of fabular.

• IPA^(key): /faˈlaɾ/

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. (transitive with con) to talk to (someone)
3. (transitive with para) to speak 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. (transitive with de or sobre) to talk about
5. (transitive) to speak (to be able to communicate in a language)

   Eu falo galego.

   I speak Galician.

6. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to get along
7. (transitive with con) to have a relation with

falar m (plural falares)

1. speech

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

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

Borrowed from Esperanto fali, English fall, German fallen.

• IPA^(key): /faˈlar/

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

1. (intransitive) to fall (down), tumble

From Old Leonese, from Latin fābulāre (“chat, converse”), collateral form of fābulārī.

falar

1. to speak

From Latin fābulāre (“chat, converse”), collateral form of fābulārī. Compare Old Spanish fablar.

falar

1. to speak; to talk

• fala

• Galician: falar
• Portuguese: falar

From Old Portuguese falar, from Latin fābulāre (“chat, converse”), collateral form of fābulārī. Doublet of the borrowing fabular.

• fallar (obsolete)
• falá (apocopic or eye dialect)

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

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! ― Talk, please!

2. (by extension) to communicate by any means

   Falamo-nos por correio. ― We communicate by mail.

   Synonym: comunicar

3. (transitive) to say something

   Para de falar bobagens. ― Stop talking nonsense.

   Fala bobagens. ― Talk nonsense.

   Synonym: dizer

4. (transitive with com) to talk to

   Estou falando com você ― I'm talking to you.

   Synonyms: conversar, papear

5. (transitive with para) to tell (to convey by speech)

   Vou falar para você. ― I’m going to tell you.

   Synonyms: contar, dizer, relatar

6. (transitive with de or sobre) to talk about
7. (transitive with de) to speak ill of
8. (transitive) to speak (to be able to communicate in a language)

   Em Portugal fala-se português.

   In Portugal they speak Portuguese.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:falar.

Nominalization of Etymology 1.

falar m (plural falares)

1. a cant, dialect or regional language

   Synonym: fala