dali
Portuguese, contraction/daˈli/
dali is spelled D-A-L-I (4 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,039th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dali is a Portuguese contraction meaning “contraction of de + ali, literally “from there”” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “contração da preposição de com o advérbio de lugar ali”.
What does dali mean in English?
contraction
- 1
contraction of de + ali, literally “from there”
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
contraction: 1. contração da preposição de com o advérbio de lugar ali: 2. daquele lugar: 3. daquele momento; daquela ocasião: 4. daquilo; daquele ponto; daquela afirmação:
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 dali
- d'ali alternative
- daly alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dali?
- Brazil /daˈli/
- Portugal /dɐˈli/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dali in Portuguese?
dali appears 13 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).