hablan

Hablan is the third-person plural present indicative form of the Spanish verb hablar, meaning to speak or to talk. It is used with the subjects ellos, ellas, or ustedes to indicate that more than one person is speaking; in practice it corresponds to "they speak" or "you all speak" in many varieties of Spanish.

Grammatical notes: Hablar is a regular -ar verb. In the present indicative, the standard endings are -o, -as, -a, -amos, -áis, -an, so the forms include hablo, hablas, habla, hablamos, habláis, hablan. Therefore, "hablan" represents the plural third-person form (they/you all speak).

Usage and examples: Hablan is common in everyday speech. Examples include "Ellos hablan español" (They speak Spanish) and "Ustedes hablan muy bien" (You all speak very well). The form is used with the present tense to describe ongoing actions or general statements about multiple people.

Pronunciation and style: In most Varieties of Spanish, "hablan" is pronounced with a soft 'b' and the stress on the second syllable: ha-blán (IPA roughly [ˈaβlan]).

Etymology and related forms: Hablar comes from Latin fabulari, through Old Spanish, with cognates in other Romance languages (e.g., French parler, Italian parlare). The verb is used in many tenses and moods; the infinitive is hablar, and other present-tense forms include hablo, hablas, habla, hablamos, habláis, hablan.