hallar f
- genitivesingular ofhøll
uttanhallar- outside the hall
hallar
- indefinitegenitivesingular ofhöll
hallar m
- indefiniteplural ofhall
hallar
- genitivesingular ofhǫll
Inherited fromOld Spanishfallar(“to find”), following internal consonant spread andpalatalization, namely viaVulgar Latin*faflāre, fromLatinafflāre(“to breathe or blow upon”). Cognate toPortugueseachar,Romanianafla. For the phonetic development, compareOld Spanishfinchar,Spanishhinchar.
- Rhymes:-aɾ
- Syllabification:ha‧llar
hallar (first-person singular presenthallo,first-person singular preteritehallé,past participlehallado)
- (transitive) tofind something,deliberately or not
- Synonym:encontrar,trovar(Old Spanish)
Al final sí lograronhallar dónde comprar el libro.- In the end they did manageto find where to buy the book.
- (transitive) tostrike(a balance between options)
El presidente prometió quehallaría un balance entre ambos bandos.- The president promisedto strike a balance between both groups.
- (reflexive) tofind oneself in a certain way(+adjective)
- Synonym:encontrarse
Nos hallamos contentos con los resultados.- Wefound ourselves (were in the end) happy with the results.
- (reflexive) toenjoy oneself somewhere, enjoy one's time
- Synonym:imaginarse
Nome hallo en ese grupo- I wouldn'tenjoy myself in that group.
Sí quete hallaste con el vecino, ¿eh?- You reallyenjoyed your time with the neighbour, didn't you?
1Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayanvoseo prefers thetuteo-form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms ofhallar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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| with infinitivehallar | dative | hallarme | hallarte | hallarle,hallarse | hallarnos | hallaros | hallarles,hallarse |
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| accusative | hallarme | hallarte | hallarlo,hallarla,hallarse | hallarnos | hallaros | hallarlos,hallarlas,hallarse |
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| with gerundhallando | dative | hallándome | hallándote | hallándole,hallándose | hallándonos | hallándoos | hallándoles,hallándose |
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| accusative | hallándome | hallándote | hallándolo,hallándola,hallándose | hallándonos | hallándoos | hallándolos,hallándolas,hallándose |
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| with informal second-person singulartuteo imperativehalla | dative | hállame | hállate | hállale | hállanos | not used | hállales |
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| accusative | hállame | hállate | hállalo,hállala | hállanos | not used | hállalos,hállalas |
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| with informal second-person singularvoseo imperativehallá | dative | hallame | hallate | hallale | hallanos | not used | hallales |
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| accusative | hallame | hallate | hallalo,hallala | hallanos | not used | hallalos,hallalas |
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| with formal second-person singular imperativehalle | dative | hálleme | not used | hállele,hállese | hállenos | not used | hálleles |
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| accusative | hálleme | not used | hállelo,hállela,hállese | hállenos | not used | hállelos,hállelas |
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| with first-person plural imperativehallemos | dative | not used | hallémoste | hallémosle | hallémonos | hallémoos | hallémosles |
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| accusative | not used | hallémoste | hallémoslo,hallémosla | hallémonos | hallémoos | hallémoslos,hallémoslas |
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| with informal second-person plural imperativehallad | dative | halladme | not used | halladle | halladnos | hallaos | halladles |
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| accusative | halladme | not used | halladlo,halladla | halladnos | hallaos | halladlos,halladlas |
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| with formal second-person plural imperativehallen | dative | hállenme | not used | hállenle | hállennos | not used | hállenles,hállense |
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| accusative | hállenme | not used | hállenlo,hállenla | hállennos | not used | hállenlos,hállenlas,hállense |
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hallar
- indefiniteplural ofhall