lá

Meaning

Adv

1. (not-comparable) there (in that place, far from both the speaker and the audience)
2. (not-comparable) used with an adverb phrase to indicate that something is far
3. (not-comparable) used to emphasize a relative distant point in the past or in the future
4. (informal,not-comparable) that; particularly (to a significant extent)
5. (informal,not-comparable) even (expresses intensified disagreement with a previous sentence)

Noun

la (sixth note of a major scale, in solfège)

Intj

meaningless syllable used in joyful singing

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈla/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ala, from Latin ad (“to”) + illāc (“that way”).

Sentences

Está lá em cima !

It's upstairs!

Quanto tempo você vai estar lá ?

How long will you be there?

Não faz sentido ir lá em cima !

There's no point going up there!

Todos nós já estivemos lá .

We've all been there.

O que está acontecendo lá ?

What's happening over there?

Ela colocou na prateleira ? e lá ficou .

She put it on the shelf? and there it stood.

Então ele explicou por que ele estava lá .

Then he explained why he was there.

Eu levantei a cabeça depois do café da manhã e estava lá .

I lifted my head after breakfast and it was there.