allá
See also: Appendix:Variations of "alla"
Asturian
Etymology
Adverb
allá
- there (in or at that place)
- there (in that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc.)
- there (to or into that place; thither)
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈʝa/ [aˈʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /aˈʎa/ [aˈʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /aˈʃa/ [aˈʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /aˈʒa/ [aˈʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
Audio (Latin America): (file) - Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification: a‧llá
Adverb
allá
- there, over there, thither, yonder (in a direction away from the speaker and the listener)
- then; back then (in time)
- expressing rejection or lack of interest towards the speaker
- allá tú ― that's your problem / too bad for you / that's up to you
Antonyms
Derived terms
Further reading
- “allá”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024