aquí

See also: aqui and aqui-

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈki/, [aˈki]

Alternative forms

• equí

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *accum hīc, from Latin eccum + hic.

Adverb

aquí

1. (location) here (in, on, or at this place)
2. (location) here (to this place)

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Catalan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *accum hīc, from Latin eccum + hīc ("this here"), the latter from hīc, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰi-ḱe (“this, here”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əˈki/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /aˈki/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -i

Adverb

aquí

1. here

   Synonym: (Valencia) ací

   Coordinate terms: allí, allà

2. (Valencia, classic system) there

Derived terms

• d'aquí a
• d'aquí poc

Usage notes

In the classic three-grade system, aquí is second grade and thus means “there”; in systems that make no distinction between the first and second grades, aquí supplants ací, thus taking on the additional meaning of “here”.

In Valencian systems, ahí rather than aquí is used for the second grade while aquí is used for the first grade alongside ací in various northern and southern dialects.

See also

Catalan demonstratives

Grade		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

• “aquí” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “aquí”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
• “aquí” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “aquí” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

Alternative forms

• aiquí, eiquí

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese aqui (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *accum hīc, from Latin eccum + hic ("this here").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈki/

Adverb

aquí

1. here

   Synonyms: acá, acó

Related terms

• alí

Further reading

• “aquí” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

References

• “aquí” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2012.
• “aquí” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2016.
• “aquí” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “aquí” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “aquí” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Occitan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *accum hīc, from Latin eccum + hīc ("this here"), from hic, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰi-ḱe (“this, here”).

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Adverb

aquí

1. here

   Synonyms: ça, çai

2. (Gascony) there

Alternative forms

• (Gascony) aiqui (Mistralian) (there)
• (Gascony) aquiu (there)

Derived terms

• aperaquí

Verb

aquí

1. there (it) is

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Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *accum hīc, from Latin eccum + hīc (“this here”), the latter from hīc, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰi-ḱe (“this, here”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈki/, [aˈki]

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: a‧quí
• Rhymes: -i

Adverb

aquí

1. here

   Synonym: (especially Latin America) acá

   Antonyms: ahí, allá, allí

Derived terms

• aquí estamos
• aquí hay tema
• aquí te pillo, aquí te mato
• aquí y allí
• de aquí a Lima
• de aquí en adelante
• de aquí te espero
• hasta aquí
• por aquí (“this way”)
• y aquí paz y después gloria

 

Further reading

• “aquí”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014