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PORTUGUESE · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

aí.

there (close to the second person (you))

2 characters1 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

adv/aˈi/Brazil/ɐˈi/Portugal
  1. there (close to the second person (you))

    not-comparable
    O livro está aí, ao seu lado.
  2. towards the second person

    not-comparable
    Irei aí.
  3. then (soon afterwards)

    not-comparable
    O telhado caiu, aí reconstruíram a casa.
  4. in this case; in this situation; this way

    not-comparable
    O livro pode ser queimado. Aí não tem como restaurá-lo.
Where this word comes from

From Latin ad (“to, toward, at”) + ibī (“there”). Compare Galician aí, Spanish ahí.

intj/aˈi/Brazil/ɐˈi/Portugal
  1. yeah! (expressing joy, celebration, glee, etc.)

Where this word comes from

From Latin ad (“to, toward, at”) + ibī (“there”). Compare Galician aí, Spanish ahí.

noun/aˈi/Brazil/ɐˈi/Portugal
  1. sloth (any animal in the suborder Folivora)

    Brazil · dialectal · feminine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Old Tupi a'y.

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