aló

See also: Appendix:Variations of "alo"

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Latin illōc. Compare Leonese alló.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈlo/

Adverb

aló

1. there

   Synonym: alá

References

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “allá”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Gredos, →ISBN, page 225

Further reading

• “aló”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “aló”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Irish

Alternative forms

• albha

Etymology

Borrowed from English aloe.

Noun

aló m (genitive singular aló, nominative plural alónna)

1. aloe

   Synonym: fóifíneach

2. aloes

Declension

Declension of aló

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative aló alónna Vocative a aló a alónna Genitive aló alónna Dative aló alónna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-aló na halónna Genitive an aló na n-alónna Dative leis an aló don aló leis na halónna

Derived terms

• aló íceach m (“aloe vera”)
• aló searbh m (“bitter aloe”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aló	n-aló	haló	t-aló
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aló”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aló”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “aló”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French allô, originally from English hello.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈlo/ [aˈlo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: a‧ló

Interjection

aló

1. (Latin America) hello (commonly used when answering the telephone)

   Synonyms: (Mexico) bueno, diga, dígame

Further reading

• “aló”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• loá, loa, ola