How to Say ‘Right next door’ in Portuguese
Aqui ao lado
ah-KEE ow LAH-doo
[ah-KEE ow LAH-doo]
💬 Usage Tip: ao is a "to/at" merged with o "the". It is a fixed way of saying "beside", as in ao lado do restaurante "next to the restaurant".
Phrase Breakdown
Aqui
[ah-KEE]
here
Refers to this place or this context nearby.
Aqui, no evento, há muitas oportunidades de networking.
Here, at the event, there are many networking opportunities.
ao
[ow]
to the / at the
Contraction of 'a' + 'o'; in 'ao lado' means 'next to'.
A farmácia é ao lado.
The pharmacy is next door.
lado
[LAH-doo]
side
Masculine noun for one edge of a shape, or a side of something.
O quadrado tem quatro lados.
The square has four sides.
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