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hola

hola

See also: holà, holá, hóla, hòla, and hola-

English

Interjection

hola

  1. (informal) hello, hi, hey

Anagrams


Asturian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈo.la/

Interjection

hola

  1. hello, hi

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern) IPA(key): /ˈɔɫə/, /ˈoɫə/
  • (Western) IPA(key): /ˈɔɫa/, /ˈoɫa/

Etymology

From Spanish hola

Interjection

hola

  1. hello, hi

Dutch

Pronunciation

Interjection

hola

  1. hallo, hoi

Anagrams


Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈho.la/

Interjection

hola

  1. hey, oi.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /o.la/

Noun

hola f (plural holas)

  1. Mexican wave (a phenomenon at sports events)

Anagrams


Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɔːla/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːla

Noun

hola f (genitive singular holu, nominative plural holur)

  1. a hole, a cavity
    Tannlæknirinn fann holu í jaxlinum mínum.
    The dentist found a cavity in my molar.

Declension

Verb

hola (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative holaði, supine holað)

  1. (governs the accusative) to hollow, to hollow out

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

  • hola að innan (to hollow out)

Ido

Etymology

From Spanish hola.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈho.la/

Interjection

hola

  1. hello, hi

Antonyms


Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɔl̪ˠə]

Noun

hola m

  1. h-prothesized form of ola

Spanish

Etymology

Unknown. Hola is etymologically related to the Germanic expressions hello in English and hallo in German.[1]Hola is related to other European greetings such as Old High German halā, holā, emphatic imperative of halōn, holōn (to fetch, used especially in hailing a ferryman)[2] or French holà (whoa there!), from French (there). All of these expressions come from various transformations of the latin word illac, meaning "there". [3] The popular theory of "hola" originating from Arabic وَٱللّٰه (wal-lāh, really?, by God!) is today discredited.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈo.la/
  • Homophone: ola

Interjection

¡Hola!

  1. hello, hi

References

  1. http://lema.rae.es/drae/?val=hola
  2. http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/83587#eid2235595
  3. http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/87735?redirectedFrom=hol%C3%A0#eid