acá

Noun edit

acá

1. Alternative spelling of aká

Verb edit

acá

1. Alternative spelling of aká

Alternative forms edit

• ca (Valverdeñu)

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aca.

Pronunciation edit

• IPA^(key): /aˈka/

Adverb edit

acá

1. here, hither

   Synonym: aquí

References edit

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Alternative forms edit

• acó (created by analogy with aló)^[1]

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

• IPA^(key): /aˈka/

Adverb edit

acá

1. here; hither

   Synonym: aquí

Related terms edit

• acolá
• alá

References edit

• “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.

Further reading edit

• “acá” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

• IPA^(key): /akaː³/

Noun edit

acá

1. fish

Etymology edit

From Vulgar Latin *eccum hāc.

Adverb edit

acá

1. here (in this place)

   Eilha stá acá.

   She's here.

See also edit

Etymology edit

From Vulgar Latin *eccum hāc.

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

acá (not comparable)

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

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

• IPA^(key): /aˈka/ [aˈka]
• (Mexico)

  Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: a‧cá

Adverb edit

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 edit

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

Adjective edit

acá (invariable)

1. (Mexico) high quality

References edit

• “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 edit

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