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dincolo

over there /din.ˈko.lo/

adverb#1397 most common

Also: beyond, on the other side, further on

Example sentences

Casa mea este dincolo.
My house is over there.
Magazinul e dincolo de parc.
The store is beyond the park.
Dincolo de graniță începe o altă țară.
Beyond the border, another country begins.
Nu știm ce se întâmplă dincolo de moarte.
We do not know what happens beyond death.
Filosofii au încercat mereu să vadă dincolo de aparențe.
Philosophers have always tried to see beyond appearances.
Dincolo de retorica politică, realitatea economică rămâne aceeași.
Beyond the political rhetoric, the economic reality stays the same.

Word family

dincoaceon this side, from over here
încolothat way; from now oncolothere, over there (informal)încoacethis way, hither

Etymology

Dincolo is built from din ("from") and colo, an old Romanian demonstrative adverb meaning "there, in that place," which comes from Latin illac/illoc, a locative form of the demonstrative ille. The same pattern produced dincoace ("from this side"), so the two words form a matched pair marking the far side versus the near side of something. Latin ille itself traces back to a Proto-Indo-European root for "other" or "beyond."

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