aquí

See also: aqui and aqui-

Asturian

Alternative forms

• equí

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈki]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈki]
• Rhymes: -i

Adverb

aquí

1. (classic system) there
2. here

Derived terms

• d'aquí a

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, 2024
• “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 Galician-Portuguese aqui (13th century, Cantigas de Santa María), from Vulgar Latin *eccu hic, 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 (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “aquí”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “aquí”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Occitan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adverb

aquí

1. here

   Synonyms: ça, çai

Derived terms

• aperaquí

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈki/ [aˈki]
• Hyphenation: a‧quí
• Rhymes: -i

Adverb

aquí

1. here

   Synonym: (especially Latin America) acá

Antonyms

• ahí, allá, allí

Derived terms

• por aquí (“this way”)
• aquí te pillo, aquí te mato
• de aquí en adelante
• hasta aquí todo bien (“so far so good”)

Further reading

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