didto

Didto is a locative demonstrative used in Cebuano and other Visayan languages to indicate a location away from the speaker. It translates roughly as "there" or "to that place" in English. As a demonstrative adverb, didto can function independently or be combined with prepositional phrases to specify where something is or where an action is directed.

In everyday speech, didto marks distance from the speaker and is part of a system of demonstratives that distinguishes near and far locations. Its exact range of implied distance varies by dialect and context. The word is commonly paired with other locational terms such as dito (here) and diha or diadto in some languages to express different spatial relations.

Across Visayan languages, forms with a similar meaning are widely attested, though exact spellings and usage can differ by language and region. In written Cebuano, didto remains a standard form for indicating "there" in both narrative and instructional texts, and it appears in conjunction with nouns or in predicative constructions.

See also: dinhi, diha, adto, Visayan languages.