acolá

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

• IPA^(key): /akoˈla/ [ɑ.koˈla]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: a‧co‧lá

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

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “acola”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “acola”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “acolá”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “acolá”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “acolá”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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

• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: a‧co‧lá

acolá

1. over there

   Synonym: lá

   Espere acolá. ― Wait over there

2. yonder; beyond

acolá

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of acolar