hallar

Meaning

1. (transitive) to find something, deliberately or not
2. (transitive) to strike (a balance between options)
3. (reflexive) to find oneself in a certain way (+adjective)
4. (reflexive) to enjoy oneself somewhere, enjoy one's time

Concepts

find

discover

spot

locate

strike

come across

find out

meet

get

detect

encounter

be

come together

fight

meet up with

pick up

come by

attain

chance on

chance upon

come upon

fall upon

happen upon

light upon

lost

Hyphenated as

ha‧llar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/aˈʝaɾ/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish fallar (“to find”), following internal consonant spread and palatalization, namely via Vulgar Latin *faflāre, from Latin afflāre (“to breathe or blow upon”). Cognate to Portuguese achar, Romanian afla. For the phonetic development, compare Old Spanish finchar, Spanish hinchar.