ali
Portuguese, adverb/aˈli/
ali is spelled A-L-I (3 letters) and appears 162 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 597th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ali is a Portuguese adverb meaning “there (far from both the speaker and the interlocutor(s))” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “naquele lugar”.
What does ali mean in English?
adverb
- 1
there (far from both the speaker and the interlocutor(s))
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. naquele lugar 2. em lugar que se indica de modo expresso
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ali
- alli alternative
- aly alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ali?
- Brazil /aˈli/
- Portugal /ɐˈli/
- Portugal /ɐ.ˈli/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ali
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ali in Portuguese?
ali appears 162 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).