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hablar con la e: to use the neopronoun elle (and its inflections in other words), which is a form of gender-neutral language (lenguaje inclusivo)
hablar con los ojos: to express something with a look in one's eyes
hablar consigo: to talk to oneself
hablar de bueyes perdidos: to chew the fat
hablar de la mar: to build castles in the air
hablar en general: to generalize; to paint with a broad brush
hablar en lenguas: to speak in tongues
hablar en romance: to speak in plain English; to speak in a clear and straightforward manner
hablar por boca de ganso: to talk through one's hat
hablar por hablar: To talk nonsense; to waffle
hablar por los codos: to run one's mouth off; to run off at the mouth; to talk nonstop, to talk the hind leg off a donkey
hablas inglés: do you speak English?
hablilla: gossip; rumour
hablista: good or elegant speaker
habríale: Compound of the third-person singular (él, ella) conditional form of haber, habría and the pronoun le.
habsburgo: Habsburg
habénula: habenula
habérselas: to deal (with); to be up (against)
había: first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of haber; makes pluperfect to verbs as part of the auxiliary verb haber.
había una vez: once upon a time
habíades: obsolete spelling of habíais
habín: a plant that is a source of fish-killing poisons (Piscidia grandifolia)
habón: a raised bump, a wheal
hace: ago (Note: unlike in English, hace precedes the number.); in, it has been...since (a past period of time)
hacedero: doable, feasible
hacedor: maker
hacelotodo: handyman; jack of all trades
hacendado: owner of an hacienda
hacendado: landowner
hacendar: to transfer (property, ownership, etc.) to someone
hacendario: financial, relating to the treasury
hacendera: communal work of the entire neighborhood
hacendero: diligently seeking the advancement of his house and estate
hacendero: worker for the state on a daily basis in the Almadén mines
hacendista: economist
hacendoso: punctilious in domestic matters; house-proud
hacendístico: treasury
hacer: to do; to make (something); to make (e.g. someone do something or feel a certain way.); to be; to go (to release or excrete (urine, excrement))
hacer: task, action
hacer a pelo y pluma: to swing both ways; to bat for both sides; to be AC/DC (bisexual)
hacer acto de presencia: to put in an appearance
hacer ademán de: to make as if to
hacer agua: to let in water, to leak; to be flawed, to be riddled with holes, to not hold water
hacer alarde: to flaunt, to show off
hacer amigos: make friends
hacer antesala: to wait in the porch
hacer añicos: to shatter; to smash to bits
hacer barra: root for, cheer on a person or team; accompany, come along with somebody
hacer boca: to whet someone's appetite
hacer bolsa: to beat up; to lay ruin to
hacer brindis al sol: to play to the gallery; to pay lip service
hacer buenas migas: to get along (to interact or coexist well, without argument or trouble); like peas and carrots
hacer bulto: to make up the numbers
hacer caca: to poop
hacer caja: to cash up
hacer calceta: to knit; do knitting
hacer campana: to play hookey
hacer campanas: to play hookey
hacer carrera: to thrive; make a killing
hacer caso: to obey, to do what is said; to pay attention, to take notice; to reciprocate (sentimentally)