haber

See also: Haber and håber

Albanian

Etymology

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

Noun

haber m

1. news

Aragonese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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.

Derived terms

• haber-ie
• haber-bi
• haber de

Asturian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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.

Derived terms

• ye lo que hai
• ye lo que hay

Galician

Alternative forms

• haver (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aver, from Latin habēre (“to hold, have”). Compare Portuguese haver.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of haber (irregular)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	haber
Personal	haber	haberes	haber	habermos	haberdes	haberen
Gerund
	habendo
Past participle
Masculine	habido			habidos
Feminine	habida			habidas
Indicative
Present	hei	has	ha, hai	habemos	habedes	han
Imperfect	había	habías	había	habiamos	habiades	habían
Preterite	houben	houbeches	houbo	houbemos	houbestes	houberon
Pluperfect	houbera	houberas	houbera	houberamos	houberades	houberan
Future	haberei	haberás	haberá	haberemos	haberedes	haberán
Conditional	habería	haberías	habería	haberiamos	haberiades	haberían
Subjunctive
Present	haxa	haxas	haxa	haxamos	haxades	haxan
Imperfect	houbese	houbeses	houbese	houbésemos	houbésedes	houbesen
Future	houber	houberes	houber	houbermos	houberdes	houberen
Imperative
Affirmative		—	—	—	—	—
Negative (non)		—	—	—	—	—

Derived terms

• haber doito

See also

• ter

Noun

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

References

• 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

Interlingua

Etymology

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

Verb

haber

1. to have

Conjugation

    Conjugation of haber

infinitive		haber
participle		present	perfect
		habente	habite
active		simple	perfect
	present	habe, ha	ha habite
	past	habeva	habeva habite
	future	habera	habera habite
	conditional	haberea	haberea habite
	imperative	habe
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es habite	ha essite habite
	past	esseva habite	habeva essite habite
	future	essera habite	habera essite habite
	conditional	esserea habite	haberea essite habite
	imperative	sia habite

Ladino

Etymology

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

Noun

haber m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling חאביר)

1. news

Mirandese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐˈbeɾ/, [ɐˈβeɾ]

Verb

haber

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of haber (irregular)

infinitive			haber
gerund			habendo
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		habido		habidos
		feminine		habida		habidas
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		you	tu	el	nós	bós	eilhes
	present	hei	hás	há	hemos	heis	han
	imperfect	habie	habies	habie	habiemos	habiedes	habien
	preterite	hoube	houbiste	houbo	houbimos	houbistes	houbírun
	pluperfect	houbira	houbiras	houbira	houbíramos	houbírades	houbíran
	future	haberei	haberás	haberá	haberemos	habereis	haberan
	conditional	haberie	haberies	haberie	haberiemos	haberiedes	haberien
subjunctive		you	tu	el	nós	bós	eilhes
	present	haba, haia	habas, haias	haba, haia	hábamos, háiamos	hábades, háiades	hában, háian
	preterite	houbisse, habisse	houbisses, habisses	houbisse, habisses	houbíssemos, habíssemos	houbíssedes, habíssedes	houbíssen, habíssen
	future	houbir	houbires	houbir	houbirmos	houbirdes	houbíren
imperative		—	tu	—	—	bós	—
	affirmative	—	há, hai	—	—	habei	—
	negative	—	—	—	—	—	—
personal infinitive		you	tu	el	nós	bós	eilhes
		haber	haberes	haber	habermos	haberdes	habéren

References

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

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• àber

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hàber m (Cyrillic spelling ха̀бер)

1. (regional, Bosnia) news
2. (regional, Bosnia) message, information
3. (regional, Bosnia) sensation, feeling

Spanish

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbeɾ/ [aˈβ̞eɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: ha‧ber
• Homophone: a ver

Verb

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.

Usage notes

• (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).

Conjugation

    Conjugation of haber (irregular) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			haber
gerund			habiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		habido		habida
		plural		habidos		habidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	he	has	ha, hay3	hemos	habéis	han
	imperfect	había	habías	había	habíamos	habíais	habían
	preterite	hube	hubiste	hubo	hubimos	hubisteis	hubieron
	future	habré	habrás	habrá	habremos	habréis	habrán
	conditional	habría	habrías	habría	habríamos	habríais	habrían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	haya	hayastú hayásvos2	haya	hayamos	hayáis	hayan
	imperfect (ra)	hubiera	hubieras	hubiera	hubiéramos	hubierais	hubieran
	imperfect (se)	hubiese	hubieses	hubiese	hubiésemos	hubieseis	hubiesen
	future1	hubiere	hubieres	hubiere	hubiéremos	hubiereis	hubieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		habe, he	haya	hayamos	habed	hayan
	negative		no hayas	no haya	no hayamos	no hayáis	no hayan

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
³Used impersonally.

    Selected combined forms of haber (irregular)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive haber
	dative	haberme	haberte	haberle, haberse	habernos	haberos	haberles, haberse
	accusative	haberme	haberte	haberlo, haberla, haberse	habernos	haberos	haberlos, haberlas, haberse
with gerund habiendo
	dative	habiéndome	habiéndote	habiéndole, habiéndose	habiéndonos	habiéndoos	habiéndoles, habiéndose
	accusative	habiéndome	habiéndote	habiéndolo, habiéndola, habiéndose	habiéndonos	habiéndoos	habiéndolos, habiéndolas, habiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú/vos imperative habe, he
	dative	hábeme, heme	hábete, hete	hábele, hele	hábenos, henos	not used	hábeles, heles
	accusative	hábeme, heme	hábete, hete	hábelo, helo, hábela, hela	hábenos, henos	not used	hábelos, helos, hábelas, helas
with formal second-person singular imperative haya
	dative	háyame	not used	háyale, háyase	háyanos	not used	háyales
	accusative	háyame	not used	háyalo, háyala, háyase	háyanos	not used	háyalos, háyalas
with first-person plural imperative hayamos
	dative	not used	hayámoste	hayámosle	hayámonos	hayámoos	hayámosles
	accusative	not used	hayámoste	hayámoslo, hayámosla	hayámonos	hayámoos	hayámoslos, hayámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative habed
	dative	habedme	not used	habedle	habednos	habeos	habedles
	accusative	habedme	not used	habedlo, habedla	habednos	habeos	habedlos, habedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative hayan
	dative	háyanme	not used	háyanle	háyannos	not used	háyanles, háyanse
	accusative	háyanme	not used	háyanlo, háyanla	háyannos	not used	háyanlos, háyanlas, háyanse

Derived terms

• como hay pocos
• de lo que no hay
• es lo que hay
• haber gato encerrado
• haber moros y cristianos
• haber toros y cañas
• habérselas con
• habida cuenta de
• habido y por haber
• habiente
• hábil
• lo habido y por haber
• no haber de qué
• no haber más que
• no haber más remedio
• no haber tal cosa
• no hay de qué
• no hay que hacer
• no haya más
• qué hay
• tiempo ha

 

Noun

haber m (plural haberes)

1. asset
2. history
3. credit side

See also

• tener (“to have, hold, possess”)

Further reading

• “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

Turkish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɑˈbæɾ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ha‧ber

Noun

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

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	haber
Definite accusative	haberi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	haber	haberler
Definite accusative	haberi	haberleri
Dative	habere	haberlere
Locative	haberde	haberlerde
Ablative	haberden	haberlerden
Genitive	haberin	haberlerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular haberim haberlerim 2nd singular haberin haberlerin 3rd singular haberi haberleri 1st plural haberimiz haberlerimiz 2nd plural haberiniz haberleriniz 3rd plural haberleri haberleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular haberimi haberlerimi 2nd singular haberini haberlerini 3rd singular haberini haberlerini 1st plural haberimizi haberlerimizi 2nd plural haberinizi haberlerinizi 3rd plural haberlerini haberlerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular haberime haberlerime 2nd singular haberine haberlerine 3rd singular haberine haberlerine 1st plural haberimize haberlerimize 2nd plural haberinize haberlerinize 3rd plural haberlerine haberlerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular haberimde haberlerimde 2nd singular haberinde haberlerinde 3rd singular haberinde haberlerinde 1st plural haberimizde haberlerimizde 2nd plural haberinizde haberlerinizde 3rd plural haberlerinde haberlerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular haberimden haberlerimden 2nd singular haberinden haberlerinden 3rd singular haberinden haberlerinden 1st plural haberimizden haberlerimizden 2nd plural haberinizden haberlerinizden 3rd plural haberlerinden haberlerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular haberimin haberlerimin 2nd singular haberinin haberlerinin 3rd singular haberinin haberlerinin 1st plural haberimizin haberlerimizin 2nd plural haberinizin haberlerinizin 3rd plural haberlerinin haberlerinin

Derived terms

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

Welsh

Pronunciation

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

Noun

haber

1. h-prothesized form of aber

Mutation

Mutated forms of aber

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
aber	unchanged	unchanged	haber

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.