English

Proper noun

Haber

1. A surname​.

Derived terms

• Haber process
• Born-Haber cycle

Albanian

Noun

haber m

1. news

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin habēre, present active infinitive of habeō ‎(“hold, have”).

Verb

haber

1. there be

   Hai muncha diferencia.

   There's a big difference.

2. have to, be necessary (to)

   hai que coyer la carretera.

   You have to take the road.

3. to introduce the time ago that something happened

   Hai tres años que se creó l'asociación.

   The association was created three years ago.

4. have (used to create perfect tenses)

   había nacíu.

   He had been born.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese aver, from Latin habēre, present active infinitive of habeō ‎(“hold, have”).

Verb

haber ‎(first-person singular present hei, first-person singular preterite houben, past participle habido)

1. (auxiliary verb taking past participle to build perfect tense) to have
2. first-person singular personal infinitive of haber
3. third-person singular personal infinitive of haber

Conjugation

See also

• ter

Interlingua

Etymology

From Spanish, from Latin habēre, present active infinitive of habeō ‎(“hold, have”).

Verb

haber

1. to have

Conjugation

Ladino

Etymology

Borrowing from Ottoman Turkish خبر ‎(haber) (compare Turkish haber), from Arabic خَبَر ‎(ḵabar).

Noun

haber m ‎(Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling חאביר)

1. news

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• àber

Etymology

Borrowing from Ottoman Turkish خبر ‎(haber), from Arabic خَبَر ‎(ḵabar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xǎber/
• Hyphenation: ha‧ber

Noun

hàber m ‎(Cyrillic spelling ха̀бер)

1. news information
2. message
3. sensation, feeling

Spanish

Etymology

From a re-Latinization of Old Spanish aver after its original etymology, Latin habēre, present active infinitive of habeō ‎(“hold, have”), probably from a Proto-Italic *habēō or *haβēō, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰ- ‎(“to grab, to take”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbeɾ/, [äˈβe̞ɾ]

Verb

haber ‎(first-person singular present he, first-person singular preterite hube, past participle habido)

1. (auxiliary verb taking past participle to build perfect tense) to have

   He trabajado muy duro durante este mes. – “I have worked very hard during this month.”

2. (rare, dated, idiomatic) to hold; to possess
3. (impersonal, in third person only) to exist; “there is”, “there are” (hay); “there was”, “there were” (había)

   Hay gato encerrado. (idiomatic) – “There is a catch.”

   Había gato encerrado. (idiomatic) – “There was a catch.”

4. (with “de” + infinitive) to have to do.
   • 1920, Alain René Le Sage, Historia de Gil Blas de Santillana, page 85:

     Aquí, me dijo, has de trabajar. – “Here, he told me, you have to work.”

5. used to denote a past obligation

   Haberte llamado. – “I ought to have phoned you.”

Conjugation

Usage notes

• (to have): haber is no longer used with the sense of ownership, except in some idioms. The modern term to express ownership is tener ‎(“to have”).
• (impersonal, in third person only, to exist): In the present indicative, the only form still in use is hay ‎(“there is, there are”). The standard third-person forms are used in other tenses and moods.

Derived terms

• habiente
• hábil
• habido y por haber

Noun

haber m ‎(plural haberes)

1. asset
2. history
3. credit side

See also

• tener ‎(“to have, hold, possess”)

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish خبر ‎(haber), from Arabic خَبَر ‎(ḵabar).

Noun

haber ‎(definite accusative haberi, plural haberler)

1. news

   haberleri izliyorum - I am watching the news

2. information

   haberim var - I know about it (literally "I have information")

3. knowledge

Declension

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈhabɛr/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑːbɛr/

Noun

haber

1. h-prothesized form of aber

Mutation