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colo
over there /ˈko.lo/
adverb#4408 most common
Also: yonder, that way
Example sentences
Cartea e colo, pe masă.
The book is over there, on the table.
Nu aici, ci colo trebuie să mergem.
Not here, but over there is where we need to go.
Pisica s-a ascuns colo, după canapea.
The cat hid over there, behind the sofa.
Se plimba de colo până colo, neliniștit.
He paced back and forth, restless.
Ici, colo, se mai vedeau urme ale vechii cetăți.
Here and there, traces of the old fortress could still be seen.
Prin piață, marfa era împrăștiată ici și colo, fără nicio organizare aparentă.
Through the market, the goods were scattered here and there, with no apparent order.
Word family
Etymology
Colo comes from the same Latin source as acolo, the phrase eccu(m) illoc, meaning roughly 'behold, there.' Colo is an aphetic form: the unstressed initial a- dropped away in casual speech, a pattern seen in several short Romanian adverbs. It survives today mainly in fixed phrases and spoken registers, standing in for acolo when speakers want a quicker, more pointed word.
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