acá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aca"

Asturian

Alternative forms

Adverb

acá

  1. here (in this place)

Central Tarahumara

Noun

acá

  1. Alternative spelling of aká

Verb

acá

  1. Alternative spelling of aká

Fala

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aca.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aˈka/

Adverb

acá

  1. here, hither
    Synonym: aquí

References
  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese aca (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *eccum hāc, from Latin eccum + hac.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aˈka/

Adverb

acá

  1. here; hither
    Synonym: aquí

References
  • “acá” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “acá” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “acá” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “acá” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “acá” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “allá”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 225

Further reading

Maleng

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *ʔa-kaːʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kaʔ. Cognite with Vietnamese cá, Muong cả, Thavung ก้า.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /akaː³/

Noun

acá

  1. fish

Mirandese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *eccum hāc.

Adverb

acá

  1. here (in this place)
    Eilha stá acá.
    She's here.

See also
Mirandese demonstratives (edit)
Pronouns Adverbs
Singular Plural Neuter
Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine
Proximal X este, aqueste esta, aquesta estes, aquestes estas, aquestas isto, aquisto eiqui, acá
de + X deste, daqueste desta, daquesta destes, daquestes destas, daquestas disto, daquisto deiqui
an + X neste, naqueste nesta, naquesta nestes, naquestes nestas, naquestas nisto, naquisto —
Medial X esse, aquesse essa, aquessa esses, aquesses essas, aquessas isso, aquisso alhi, eilhi
de + X desse, daquesse dessa, daquessa desses, daquesses dessas, daquessas disso, daquisso dalhi, deilhi
an + X nesse, naquesse nessa, naquessa nesses, naquesses nessas, naquessas nisso, naquisso —
Distal X aquel aqueilha aqueilhes aqueilhas aqueilho, aquilho alhi, alhá
de + X daquel daqueilha daqueilhes daqueilhas daqueilho, daquilho dalhi, dalhá
an + X naquel naqueilha naqueilhes naqueilhas naqueilho, naquilho —

Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *eccum hāc.

Pronunciation

Adverb

acá (not comparable)

  1. (literary or archaic) hither (to here)

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *eccum hāc. Compare Galician acá, Portuguese cá, Italian qua, French çà and Sicilian cca.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aˈka/ [aˈka]
  • (Mexico)
    Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: a‧cá

Adverb

acá

  1. (especially Latin America) here
    Synonym: aquí
    Antonyms: ahí, allá, allí
    Ven acá. ― Come here.
  2. as of, up to (used with a time phrase to represent continuity up to the present)
    de un año acá ― as of a year ago

Derived terms

Adjective

acá (invariable)

  1. (Mexico) high quality

References

Further reading
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