ahí
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Valencia) IPA(key): /aˈi/
- Rhymes: -i
Adverb
ahí
See also
| 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
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin ad ibī (“to/at there”), from Latin ad (“to, toward, at”) + ibī (“there”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈi/ [aˈi]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -i
- Syllabification: a‧hí
Adverb
ahí
- there: used to designate a place near the listener
- that (in certain phrases)
- Ahí es como... ― That's how...
- Ahí es cuando... ― That's when...
- Ahí es donde... ― That's where...
Antonyms
Derived terms
- aguantar ahí (“to hang in there”)
- ahí es nada
- ahí na' ma'
- ahí nos vidrios
- ahí va
- al ahí se va
- algo por ahí
- de ahí
- de ahí que
- de por ahí
- por ahí
Further reading
- “ahí”, 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