acolá

acolá

See also: acola

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese acola (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *eccum illāc, from Latin eccum + illāc. Cognate with Portuguese acolá and Spanish acullá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [akoˈla]

Adverb

acolá

1. over there
   • 20th century, traditional humorous song:

     acolá enriba, non sei onde,

     tópase non sei qué santo,

     que se gana non sei qué,

     por rezarlle non sei canto.

     over there, I don't know exactly where,

     there's a certain saint['s church]

     and you gain I don't know what

     when you pray I don't know which prayers

   Synonym: aló

2. yonder; beyond

   Synonym: alén

References

• “acola” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “acola” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “acolá” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “acolá” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “acolá” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Portuguese acola (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *eccum illāc, from Latin eccum + illāc. Cognate with Galician acolá and Spanish acullá.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.koˈla/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.kuˈla/

• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: a‧co‧lá

Adverb

acolá

1. over there

   Espere acolá. ― Wait over there

   Synonym: lá

2. yonder; beyond

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Spanish

Verb

acolá

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of acolar