habemus

habēmus

1. first-person plural present active indicative of habeō

Unadapted borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin habēmus (pāpam) (literally “we have (a pope)”).

• IPA^(key): /aˈbemus/ [aˈβ̞e.mus]

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• Rhymes: -emus
• Syllabification: ha‧be‧mus

habemus

1. (colloquial, humorous) behold; we have
   • 2017, Leonor Basallote, Desorden:

     ¡Habemus tortilla! Nos reímos y noto las miradas de todos los asistentes a la gran celebración. Volvemos a ser el plato fuerte.

     We have tortilla! We laughed and I notice all guests' stares to the great celebration. We are the main dish once again.

• “habemus”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024