acá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aca"

Asturian

Alternative forms

• ca
• caa

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

• ca (Valverdeñu)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈka/
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: a‧cá

Adverb

acá

1. here, hither

   Synonym: aquí

References

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

Galician

Alternative forms

• acó (created by analogy with aló)

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

Related terms

• acolá
• alá

References

• Ernesto Xosé 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: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “acá”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “acá”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “acá”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “acá”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Further reading

• “acá”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Maleng

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *ʔa-kaːʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kaʔ. Cognate 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

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈka/

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]

• Audio (Mexico):

  (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

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

Adjective

acá (invariable)

1. (Mexico) high quality

References

• “acá” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010
• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “aquí”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 307

Further reading

• “acá”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28