haber

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

haber m

1. news

Inherited from Navarro-Aragonese haber, in turn from Latin habēre, present active infinitive of habeō (“hold, have”).

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

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 posess

   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, present active infinitive of habeō (“hold, have”).

• IPA^(key): /aˈbeɾ/, [aˈβ̞eɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Hyphenation: 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.

• 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: ILG
• 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, present active infinitive of habeō (“hold, have”).

haber

1. to have

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

haber m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling חאביר)

1. news

Inherited from Old Leonese aver, in turn from Latin habēre, present active infinitive of habeō (“hold, have”).

• IPA^(key): /ɐˈbeɾ/, [ɐˈβeɾ]

haber

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

• “haber” in Amadeu Ferreira, José Pedro Cardona Ferreira, Dicionário Mirandês-Português, 1st edition, 2004.

• àber

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

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

hàber m (Cyrillic spelling ха̀бер)

1. (regional, Bosnia) news
2. (regional, Bosnia) message, information
3. (regional, Bosnia) 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”).
• (impersonal, in third person only, to exist): In the present indicative, the only impersonal form still in use is hay (“there is, there are”). The standard third-person forms are used in other tenses and moods.
• 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. It used formed in the infinitive + past participle, and only applies to the second person (singular or plural).

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 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
• “haber” in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2023. →ISBN

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

• IPA^(key): /hɑˈbæɾ/

• Audio:

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• 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 ajansı (“news agency”)
• haber almak
• haber atlamak
• haber bülteni (“newsletter”)
• haber vermek (“to let know”)
• haberci (“reporter”)
• habercilik (“journalism”)
• habersiz (“uninformed”)

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

haber

1. h-prothesized form of aber