Allí vs Ahí in Spanish

Allí vs Ahí in Spanish

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Allí vs Ahí in Spanish

What is the difference between Ahí and Allí in Spanish?

What is the difference between “allí” and “ahí” (“there”)?
  • Allí” is used when the thing being referred to is (but not too much) far from both the speaker and the listener.

e.g. “vivo allí(I live there)

  • Ahí is used when the thing being referred to is far from the speaker but close to the listener.
e.g.quédate ahí” (Stay here)
 

NoteAllí” and/y “Ahí” are quite the same thing but different from “Aquí”

If you want to put all of them in order ox proximity you would place them as follow:

Aquí Been the closest to you

Acá Close to you but can be used to define a surrounding area (acá en casa | here in home)

Ahí A bit far but close to you

Allí – Far but no so much

Allá – Far

 

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