Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]habēmus
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin habēmus (pāpam) (literally “we have (a pope)”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /aˈbemus/ [aˈβ̞e.mus]
Audio (El Salvador): (file) - Rhymes: -emus
- Syllabification: ha‧be‧mus
Verb
[edit]habemus
- (colloquial, humorous) behold; we have
- 2017, Leonor Basallote, Desorden:
- ¡Habemus tortilla! Nos reímos y noto las miradas de todos los asistentes a la gran celebración. Volvemos a ser el plato fuerte.
- We have tortilla! We laughed and I notice all guests' stares to the great celebration. We are the main dish once again.
Further reading
[edit]- “habemus”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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