d'ali

d'ali

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of dali.
   • 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Fabiano”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 24:

     Agora Fabiano era vaqueiro, e ninguem o tiraria d’ali.

     Now Fabiano was a cowhand, and no one could take him away from there.