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allí

Spanish, adverb/aˈʝi/

allí is spelled A-L-L-Í (4 letters) and appears 182 times per million words in written Spanish, the 457th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Allí is a Spanish adverb meaning “there (away from the speaker and the listener)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Indica un lugar alejado de quienes hablan o se comunican”.

What does allí mean in English?

adverb

  1. 1

    there (away from the speaker and the listener)

    Near-synonym: ahí

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adverb: 1. Indica un lugar alejado de quienes hablan o se comunican. 2. Junto con aquí se usa para indicar lugares dispersos e indeterminados. 3. Indica un aspecto del discurso que es un motivo para lo que sigue.

adverb: 1. Indica un tiempo pasado alejado del presente.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce allí?

  • /aˈʝi/
  • [aˈʝi]
  • [aˈʎi]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to allí

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is allí in Spanish?

allí appears 182 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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