"por aí" meaning in Portuguese

See por aí in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /puɾ aˈi/ [Brazil], /poɾ aˈi/ [Brazil], /puɾ ɐˈi/ [Portugal]
Rhymes: -i Head templates: {{pt-adv}} por aí
  1. out there, over there, that way
    Sense id: en-por_aí-pt-adv-n98Zjps2
  2. around (in a place different than where the speaker currently is; otherwise, use por aqui.) Synonyms: por ahi, por ahy, per ahi, per ahy [obsolete]
    Sense id: en-por_aí-pt-adv-Qj7UtYRv Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 73 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 91 5 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 24 74 2
  3. (idiomatic) roughly, thereabout, thereabouts (i.e. approximately) Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-por_aí-pt-adv-7Qlp~6GC

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “A perceptora [The perceptress]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]^(https://pt.wikisource.org/wiki/Contos_e_phantasias_(Maria_Amália_Vaz_de_Carvalho,_1905)), 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 207:",
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