hay
Meaning
third-person singular present indicative of haber
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈai/
Etymology
From Old Spanish ha ý (“it has there”) (compare Catalan hi ha and French il y a), from ha, third-person singular present of aver (“to have”), + ý (locative pronoun, compare modern French y and Catalan hi), from Latin ibī (“there”).
New
haber
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- (auxiliary) have; forms the perfect aspect
- (obsolete) to hold, to possess
- (impersonal) to exist; “there is”, “there are” (hay); “there was”, “there were” (había)
- (dated,formal) to have to
- to be necessary
- used to denote a past obligation
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