fala

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) voice, speech (faculty of speech)
2. (masculine) a language, a dialect or a sociolect
3. (masculine) Galego, Galician language
4. (masculine) Fala (Galician-Portuguese language of northwestern Extremadura, in Spain)
5. (masculine) word, tale
6. (masculine) speech, expression

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of falar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of falar:

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falar

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfala̝/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: fābula

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fala (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin fābula (“discourse; narrative”).

Sentences

Moitas veces pécase de querer escribir como se fala .

Sometimes you just want to write as you say.

Estivo ligado ás Irmandades da Fala durante unha época breve .

He was attached to the Fellowship of Speech for a brief time.

A obra fala da poligamia no sur de Mozambique durante o período colonial.

The work talks about polygamy in southern Mozambique during the colonial period.