haber

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خبر (haber), from Arabic خَبَر (ḵabar).^[1]

habér m

1. (colloquial) news, information, report

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• “haber”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Newmark, L. (1999) “haber”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2]

Inherited from Old Navarro-Aragonese haber, in turn from Latin habēre (“hold, have”).

• IPA^(key): /aˈbe(ɾ)/
• Syllabification: ha‧ber
• Rhymes: -e(ɾ)

haber

1. (auxiliary) auxiliary verb to form compound tenses or perfect tenses, together with a past participle

   L'he feto yo.

   I have done it.

2. (ansotano) to have, to possess

   He dos fillas, un fillo y un can.

   I have two daughters, one son and a dog.

3. there be, the pronoun "i/bi" or "-ie/-bi" in final position are always required. See the derived terms.

• haber-ie
• haber-bi
• haber de

Inherited from Old Leonese aver, in turn from Latin habēre (“hold, have”).

• IPA^(key): /aˈbeɾ/ [aˈβ̞eɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: ha‧ber

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.

• Reference: http://www.academiadelallingua.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Gramatica_Llingua.pdf

• 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): /aˈbeɾ/ [aˈβ̞eɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Hyphenation: ha‧ber

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

2. (auxiliary) shall; ought to; should [with de (+ infinitive) ‘do something’]

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

   Houben de matarme nese accidente. ― I nearly killed myself in that accident. (literally, “I ought to have killed myself in that 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

4. (in the present tense, auxiliary) will; forms the future tense [with infinitive ‘do something’]

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

6. (in the imperfect tense, auxiliary) would; forms the conditional [with infinitive ‘do something’]
8. (impersonal, transitive) there be; exist
10. (impersonal, transitive) there be; to happen; to occur
12. (dated, transitive) to have; to own; to possess
14. (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

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “aver”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “aver”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “haber”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “haber”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “haber”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Spanish haber, from Latin habēre (“hold, have”).

haber

1. to have

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

haber m (Hebrew spelling חאביר)

1. news

Inherited from Old Leonese aver, in turn from Latin habēre (“hold, have”).

• IPA^(key): /ɐˈbeɾ/, [ɐˈβeɾ]

haber

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

• Ferreira, Amadeu, Ferreira, José Pedro Cardona (2003–2022) “haber”, in Dicionário de Mirandês-Português [Mirandese-Portuguese Dictionary].

• àber

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

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

hàber m inan (Cyrillic spelling ха̀бер) (regional, Bosnia)

1. news
2. message, information
3. 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).

The preterite is from metathesis of the Latin perfect habuī > *haubī.

• 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) have; forms the perfect aspect [with masculine singular past participle]

   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 [with de (+ infinitive) ‘do something’]
   • 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 [with que (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’]

   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”).
• (there is/are): in this sense, the verb is always conjugated in the third-person singular, even if the subject itself is plural:

En esta tienda hay tres tipos de champú; en la otra solo hay uno. ― In this shop there are three types of shampoo; in the other one there is only one.

El año pasado había ocho personas en mi fiesta de cumple; este año espero que haya al menos diez. ― Last year, there were eight people at my birthday party; this year, I expect there to be at least ten.

• The first and second persons are rarely attested in the preterite; their respective forms are an extrapolation.
• (past obligation): haber is used to make what is known as the imperativo retrospectivo, signifying a failed past obligation. It is used in the form infinitive + past participle, and only applies to the second person (singular or plural).

The verb haber, in addition to having one of the most irregular conjugations of all Spanish verbs, is also almost unique in the language for having different conjugations depending on the meaning. In particular:

• In the present indicative, the third-person singular construction has two distinct conjugations: the "personal" ha and the "impersonal" hay. The former is used when the definite subject is (either implicitly or explicitly) well-defined: ya ha comido ― he/she has already eaten; ha de levantarse ― he/she has to get up; the latter, meanwhile, is used when there is no definite subject, such as with the meaning "there is/are" or in the phrase hay que ("it is necessary to"). Uniquely, within the set phrase haber lugar, both ha and hay can be used. In all other tenses, however, the personal and impersonal forms are identical: había, hubo, habrá, habría, haya, hubiera, hubiese, hubiere.
• In the present indicative first-person plural, the correct form is usually hemos: todavía no hemos comido ― we haven't eaten yet. The alternative form habemos is archaic and, in modern Spanish, generally considered nonstandard; however, the notable exception to this rule is the fixed phrase habérselas, in which the form (nos las) habemos remains both common and valid: hoy nos las habemos con una enfermedad horrible ― today we're dealing with a horrible disease.

Also, note that the verb is practically never used in the imperative mood in modern Spanish, since the contemporary definitions do not require it in this context. The conjugated forms outlined below are the forms that had been inherited from Latin ((tú/vos) habe, (vosotros) habed) or that had been used to some degree in old Spanish, such as with the obsolete meaning of "to possess" ((tú/vos) he).

haber m (plural haberes)

1. asset
2. history
3. credit side

• tener (“to have, hold, possess”)

• “haber”, 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
• “haber”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Doubts] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN

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

• IPA^(key): /hɑˈbæɾ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• 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”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

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

haber

1. h-prothesized form of aber