acá

See also: aca, ACA, aĉa, aça, and -ača

Central Tarahumara

Noun

acá

1. Alternative spelling of aká

Verb

acá

1. Alternative spelling of aká

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Galician

Alternative forms

• acó (created by analogy with aló)

Etymology

From Old Galician and 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

Related terms

• acolá
• alá

Further reading

• “acá”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “acá”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “acá”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “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.

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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	—

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *eccum hāc.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈka/

Adverb

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

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈka/ [aˈka]

• Audio (Mexico):

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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

• acá y acullá, acá y allá
• de acá para allá, de acá para acullá

Adjective

acá m or f (masculine and feminine plural acás)

1. (Mexico) high quality

References

• “acá”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• “acá” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010.
• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “aquí”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 307

Further reading

• “acá”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014