lá
Portuguese
/la/
adv
Definitions
- there in that place, far from both the speaker and the audience
- (informal) that; particularly to a significant extent
- (informal) even expresses intensified disagreement with a previous sentence
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese ala.
Origin
Old Portuguese
ala
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- illac Latin
- illāc Latin
- altolà Italian
- ehilà Italian
- laddove Italian
- laggiù Italian
- lassù Italian
- là Italian
- là French
- allá Spanish, Castilian
- este Spanish, Castilian
- alá Portuguese
- la Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ala Old Portuguese
- la Aromanian
- allá Asturian
- aya Papiamentu
- la Kabuverdianu
- la Walloon
- la Guinea-Bissau Creole