allí

See also: alli, Alli, and älli

Asturian

Adverb

allí

1. Alternative form of ellí

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin illic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈʎi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈʎi]
• Rhymes: -i

Adverb

allí

1. there, over there

   Synonym: allà

Usage notes

• Both allí and allà are widely used.

See also

Catalan demonstratives

Grade		determiner	pronoun	locative
1st	near	aquest, este1	açò2, ço1	ací1
2nd	neutral	aqueix1, eixe1	això	aquí, ahí2
3rd	remote	aquell	allò	allà, allí
1) Dialectal, archaic in other dialects 2) Valencian

Further reading

• “allí” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “allí”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “allí” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “allí” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin illīc.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aˈʝi/ [aˈʝi]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /aˈʝi/ [aˈʝi]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /aˈʎi/ [aˈʎi]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aˈʃi/ [aˈʃi]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aˈʒi/ [aˈʒi]

• Audio (Latin America):

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• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: a‧llí

Adverb

allí

1. there (away from the speaker and the listener)

   Synonyms: allá, ahí

   Antonyms: aquí, acá

Derived terms

• allí donde (“where, wherever”)
• aquí y allí
• por allí

 

Further reading

• “allí”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10