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alto lá

Portuguese, interjection/ˈaw.tu ˈla/

alto lá is a Portuguese interjection meaning “alternative form of alto! (“halt!”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does alto lá mean in English?

interjection

  1. 1

    alternative form of alto! (“halt!”)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. expressa comando para que se pare onde e do modo que se encontra 2. expressa discordância

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 alto lá

  • alto lá ! canonical

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce alto lá?

  • Brazil /ˈaw.tu ˈla/
  • Brazil [ˈaʊ̯.tu ˈla]
  • Portugal /ˈal.tu ˈla/

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