lá

lá

"lá" means "there."

In this sentence, 'lá' is used to indicate a distant location where the speaker was yesterday.

Eu estive lá ontem para visitar um amigo.

I was there yesterday to visit a friend.

'Lá' is used here to point out the location of an object, meaning 'there' as the position of the book.

Lá está o livro que você estava procurando.

There is the book you were looking for.

In this sentence, 'lá' is used to refer to a specific remembered or imagined location the speaker talks about.

Ele sempre fala de lá como se fosse um lugar mágico.

He always talks about there as if it were a magical place.