haber

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

haber m

1. news

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

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.

4. have (used to create perfect tenses)

   había nacíu.

   He had been born.

From Old Portuguese aver, from Latin habēre, present active infinitive of habeō (“hold, have”).

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

1. (auxiliary verb taking past participle to build perfect tense) to have
2. first-person singular personal infinitive of haber
3. third-person singular personal infinitive of haber

• ter

From Spanish, 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

• àber

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

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

hàber m (Cyrillic spelling ха̀бер)

1. news information
2. message
3. sensation, feeling

A Latinizing respelling of Old Spanish aver, from Vulgar Latin *aveo, from Latin habeō (“hold, have”), probably from Proto-Italic *habēō or *haβēō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰ- (“to grab, to take”).

• IPA^(key): /aˈbeɾ/, [aˈβeɾ]

haber (first-person singular present he, first-person singular preterite hube, past participle habido)

1. (auxiliary verb taking past participle to build perfect tense) to have

   He trabajado muy duro durante este mes.

   I have worked very hard during this month.

2. (idiomatic) to hold; to possess
3. (impersonal, in third person only) to exist; “there is”, “there are” (hay); “there was”, “there were” (había)

   (idiomatic)

   Hay gato encerrado.

   There is a catch.

   (idiomatic)

   Había gato encerrado.

   There was a catch.

4. (with “de” + infinitive) to have to do.
   • 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 to denote a past obligation

   Haberte llamado.

   I ought to have phoned you.

• (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 form still in use is hay (“there is, there are”). The standard third-person forms are used in other tenses and moods.

• habiente
• hábil
• habido y por haber

haber m (plural haberes)

1. asset
2. history
3. credit side

• tener (“to have, hold, possess”)

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

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

• → Greek: χαμπάρι (champári)
• → Romanian: habar

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

haber

1. h-prothesized form of aber