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

Concepts

there

yonder

yon

la

over there

lah

A

🅰️

back

🔙

Opposite of

aqui, cá

Synonyms

ali

aí

acolá

além

lugar

Translations

là

allí

dort

allá

là-bas

daar

da

illic

allà

ahí

là

ginds

εκεί

ivi

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈla/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: ad

Borrowed from Italian: la

In summary

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!

Está praticamente lá em cima agora .

It's practically up there now.

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.