to speak (a language)
Communicate using a particular language.
falar + language
Você fala inglês?
Do you speak English?
Ela fala português com os vizinhos.
She speaks Portuguese with the neighbors.
Usage
Use com to introduce the person in a conversation and sobre to introduce a topic in the patterns here. Dizer often introduces the actual words or information conveyed.
Conjugation
Explore the conjugation of falar.
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