Al costat de
Example: La biblioteca està al costat de l'escola.
Definition
"Al costat de" is a Catalan prepositional phrase used to indicate the position of something immediately next to or beside another object or place, as in the example 'La biblioteca està al costat de l'escola,' meaning the library is next to the school.
Etymology
The phrase "al costat de" comes from Catalan, combining 'al' (a contraction of 'a' + 'el,' meaning 'at the') with 'costat,' meaning 'side,' and 'de,' meaning 'of' or 'from.' Together, it literally means 'at the side of,' used to express proximity. Did you know this phrase highlights the spatial relationship clearly by referencing the 'side' of something?
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"Al costat de" appears in the Vocaplus list "Catalan - General - (A1) - set 4", containing 104 commonly used words.
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