No. 289 in Spanish
allá
"There" (referring to a place farther away).
In a sentence
Allá en la colina se puede ver una casa antigua.
There on the hill, you can see an old house.
Here, 'allá' is used to point out a specific location that is relatively distant from the speaker.
Cuando vayas allá, por favor recuerda llevar las llaves.
When you go there, please remember to take the keys.
In this context, 'allá' refers to a place the listener will visit that is not nearby.
Allá por el año 1995, comenzaron grandes cambios en la tecnología.
Back in the year 1995, significant changes in technology began.
In this sentence, 'allá' is used to refer to a time in the past, conveying a sense of it being far away in terms of time.
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