por ahí

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Spanish

Adverb

por ahí

  1. out there, over there, that way
    No vayas por ahí. No sabes nada.
    Don't even go there. You know nothing.
  2. around (in a place different than where the speaker currently is; otherwise, use por aquí.)
    No, estoy seguro de que lo habría visto si hubiera estado por ahí.
    No, I'm sure I would have seen him if he had been around.
  3. (idiomatic) roughly, thereabout, thereabouts (i.e. approximately)

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