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haber.

shall; ought to; should

5 characters2 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

verb/aˈbeɾ/[aˈβ̞eɾ]

  1. shall; ought to; should

    auxiliary
    Hei de ir verte.
    Houben de matarme nese accidente.

  2. will; forms the future tense

    auxiliary
    Á noite hei entrar alí.

  3. would; forms the conditional

    auxiliary

  4. there be; to exist

    impersonal · transitive

  5. there be; to happen; to occur

    impersonal · transitive

  6. to have; to own; to possess

    dated · transitive

  7. it has been ... since; ago; to introduce the time since something occurred

    impersonal · transitive
    Hai ben de anos que rematei a carreira.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aver, from Latin habēre (“to hold, have”). Compare Portuguese haver.

noun/aˈbeɾ/[aˈβ̞eɾ]

  1. asset

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aver, from Latin habēre (“to hold, have”). Compare Portuguese haver.

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