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habla

speech

noun AH-blah Rare
Communication Speech

Also means

dialect

Usage Note

Habla is feminine despite beginning with a stressed a- — so in the singular it takes the masculine article for phonetic reasons: el habla (not la habla), but the adjective agrees in the feminine: el habla castellana. This is the same pattern as el agua, el alma. It refers to spoken language or a regional dialect.

Examples

"El habla andaluza tiene rasgos únicos."

Natural Translation

Andalusian speech has unique features.

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