How do you say to be in Spanish? Your response is probably ser or estar . That would be a correct answer, but you might not know that there is a third way to say to be in Spanish: haber .
Haber translates as to be or to have depending on whether it is used as an impersonal verb or auxiliary verb.
Haber is a challenging verb to conjugate since it is irregular in the majority of tenses. Click here for the conjugation chart.
Haber is most commonly used as an impersonal verb to state what exists and to express general obligations.
When using haber as an impersonal verb, only the third person singular form is used.