le habla

talks to him/her

→ le

phrase Common #2,923

talks to him/her Le refers to the person being spoken to and can mean him, her, or you in formal contexts. The verb hablar changes form depending on the subject, as in le hables, le hablarás, and le hablase.

SP: Siempre le habla con mucho respeto.

EN: He always speaks to her very respectfully.

Ella tampoco le habla a su madre.

She doesn't speak to her mother either.

— Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015)

Tom ya ni siquiera le habla a Mary.

Tom doesn't even talk to Mary anymore.

Bush piensa que Dios le habla.

Bush thinks God speaks to him.

Ya nadie que conozca le habla a Tom.

Nobody he knows talks to Tom anymore.

Señor Augusto, le habla Vilmaras.

Mr. Augusto, this is Vilmaras speaking.

— El agente secreto (2025)

Señora Sofi, le habla la señora Molly.

Mrs. Sofi, this is Mrs. Molly speaking.

— Roma (2018)

Señor Nelson, le habla el juez Maddox en la Sala de Misericordia.

Mr. Nelson, this is Judge Maddox speaking in the Mercy Room.

— Sin piedad (2026)

Al Coronel no se le habla, chico.

You don't talk to the Colonel, boy.

Sami le habla a su perro como si fuera un humano.

Sami talks to his dog as if it were a human.

Siempre le habla susurrando.

He always speaks to her in a whisper.

Le habla al Führer.

He speaks to the Führer.

— El hundimiento (2004)

Entonces le habla a la pintura.

Then he speaks to the painting.

— El arca rusa (2002)

Señora, le habla la policía.

Ma'am, this is the police speaking.

— [REC] (2007)

Cuando él le habla, ella baja sus ojos.

When he speaks to her, she lowers her eyes.

— La venganza de Manon (1986)

Tom apenas si le habla a cualquiera.

Tom hardly speaks to anyone.

Oficial, le habla el juez Maddox del Tribunal de Misericordia.

Officer, this is Judge Maddox from the Court of Mercy speaking.

— Sin piedad (2026)

Siempre le habla en voz alta.

He always speaks to her loudly.

Tom le habla a Mary.

Tom speaks to Mary.