aí
Meaning
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- (not-comparable) there (close to the second person (you))
- (not-comparable) towards the second person
- (not-comparable) then (soon afterwards)
- (not-comparable) in this case; in this situation; this way
Frequency
Hyphenated as
a‧í
Pronounced as (IPA)
/aˈi/
Etymology
From Latin ad (“to, toward, at”) + ibī (“there”). Compare Galician aí, Spanish ahí.
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