hola

[ oh-lah ]

/ ˈoʊ lɑ /

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interjection Spanish.

hi; hello: Hey, hola, how are things?We can stop by my friend’s party tonight and just say hola.

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Origin of hola

From Spanish

Words nearby hola

hokku, hokonui, hokum, Hokusai, hol-, hola, holandric, holarchy, Holarctic, Holbein, Holberg

How to use hola in a sentence

Tirelessly teaching Hola to sit and stay helped Marty sober up, and together they passed the program's Canine Good Citizen test.
This Week's Hot Reads|The Daily Beast|April 28, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Saying this, the officer raised his voice and shouted “Hola!”
The Tiger Hunter|Mayne Reid
Hola, my chuck,” he muttered to himself, “now it is thy turn to be roasted while a woman turns the spit.
The Great Mogul|Louis Tracy
"Hola, mon gar.," said Aylward, seating himself upon a boulder by his side.
The White Company|Arthur Conan Doyle

Their English blood was up in a moment two masked figures and hearing them egging on their bravoes with 'Hola, there!
Stray Pearls|Charlotte M. Yonge
A familiar way of referring to a man, either when speaking to, or about him: Hola!
Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader|Ernesto Nelson