allí

See also: alli, Alli, and älli

Asturian

Adverb

allí

1. alternative form of ellí

Further reading

• “allí”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “ellí”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ad +‎ illīc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [əˈʎi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [aˈʎi]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -i

Adverb

allí

1. there, over there

   Synonym: allà

Usage notes

• Both allí and allà are widely used.

See also

Catalan demonstratives

		determiner	pronoun	locative
1st	near	aquest, este1	açò2, ço1	ací1
2nd	neutral	aqueix1, eixe1	això	aquí, ahí2
3rd	remote	aquell	allò	allà, allí

¹ Dialectal, archaic in other dialects
² Valencian

Further reading

• “allí”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “allí”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “allí” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “allí”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ad +‎ illīc.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aˈʝi/ [aˈʝi]

• IPA^(key): /aˈʝi/ [aˈʝi] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /aˈʎi/ [aˈʎi] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /aˈʃi/ [aˈʃi] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /aˈʒi/ [aˈʒi] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /aˈi/ [aˈi] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Audio (Latin America):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: a‧llí

Adverb

allí

1. there (away from the speaker and the listener)

   Synonyms: allá, ahí

   Antonyms: aquí, acá

Derived terms

• allí donde (“where, wherever”)
• aquí y allí
• por allí

Further reading

• “allí”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025