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acolo
there (in/at that place) /aˈko.lo/
adverb#69 most common
Also: over there, yonder, in that place
Example sentences
Cartea este acolo.
The book is there.
Mergem acolo mâine.
We are going there tomorrow.
Nu am fost niciodată acolo.
I have never been there.
Acolo unde locuiește el, iarna este foarte grea.
There, where he lives, winter is very harsh.
De acolo se vede tot orașul.
From there you can see the whole city.
Pe atunci, acolo unde azi se ridică blocuri, erau doar câmpuri.
Back then, where blocks of flats stand today, there were only fields.
Word family
Etymology
Acolo descends from a Vulgar Latin deictic compound built on the demonstrative particle ecce/eccum, 'behold, here is,' fused with illāc or illōc, 'by that way, there.' This same ecce-plus-demonstrative pattern produced other Romanian place and time adverbs, such as acum (ecce + hunc/nunc) and aici (ecce + hic). Over time the compound fused into a single invariable word meaning simply 'there.'
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