Al costat de
Example: La biblioteca està al costat de l'escola.
Definition
"Al costat de" is a Catalan prepositional phrase meaning 'next to' or 'beside.' It indicates physical proximity, used to describe something located immediately adjacent to another object or place, as in the example sentence: 'La biblioteca està al costat de l'escola.'
Etymology
The phrase "al costat de" comes from Catalan, where "al" is a contraction of the preposition "a" (to, at) and the definite article "el" (the), "costat" means 'side,' and "de" means 'of.' Together, they literally translate to 'at the side of.' Did you know that 'costat' traces back to the Latin word 'costatus,' meaning 'rib' or 'side,' which figuratively evolved to mean 'side' in Catalan?
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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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