hallar
Meaning
- (transitive) to find something, deliberately or not
- (transitive) to strike (a balance between options)
- (reflexive) to find oneself in a certain way (+adjective)
- (reflexive) to enjoy oneself somewhere, enjoy one's time
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Hyphenated as
ha‧llar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/aˈʝaɾ/
Etymology
In summary
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.
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