falar

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) to speak; to talk (to say words out loud)
2. (broadly) to communicate by any means
3. (Brazil,transitive) to say something
4. (intransitive) to talk
5. (Brazil,transitive) to tell (to convey by speech)
6. (intransitive) to talk
7. (intransitive) to speak ill
8. (transitive) to speak (to be able to communicate in a language)

Noun

a cant, dialect or regional language

Hyphenated as

fa‧lar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/faˈla(ʁ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese falar, from Latin fābulārī (“chat, converse”). Doublet of fabular, which was borrowed from Latin. Compare Galician falar, Spanish hablar.

Sentences

Pare de falar o tempo todo !

Stop talking all the time!

Mas qual é o uso de falar ?

But what is the use of talking?

Mesmo que as ovelhas não me ensinassem a falar árabe .

Even if the sheep didn't teach me to speak Arabic.