acá

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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

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

Adverb

acá

  1. here; hither
    Synonym: aquí

Related terms

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

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/
  • 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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