hola
Americaninterjection
Etymology
Origin of hola
From Spanish
Example Sentences
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So say adiós to any official mention of “assimilation,” and hola to “civic integration.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2021
Say hola to Tacos, Tortas & Tequila and Buena Vida in Silver Spring, the expansive turquoise facade of which signals good times from blocks away.
From Washington Post • May 31, 2018
But after a mere three months in Massachusetts, he had lost every last bit of Spanish -- save for "hola" and a perfectly pronounced "pinata."
From New York Times • Dec. 26, 2014
And hola: With massive nightly audiences that often best English-language counterparts, Univision — the mighty Spanish language network — will break into the 2014 Latin Grammys the moment the speech begins.
From Washington Times • Nov. 19, 2014
Ignoring everybody, he loped through the scene without so much as an hola, veered into the bar door, banged it open, and plunged inside.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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