acá

• ca
• caa

acá

1. here (in this place)

acá

1. alternative spelling of aká

acá

1. alternative spelling of aká

• ca (Valverdeñu)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aca.

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

acá

1. here, hither

   Synonym: aquí

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

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

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

• IPA^(key): /aˈka/ [ɑˈkɑ]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: a‧cá

acá

1. here; hither

   Synonym: aquí

• 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: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• 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

• “acá”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

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

• IPA^(key): /akaː³/

acá

1. fish

From Vulgar Latin *eccum hāc.

acá

1. here (in this place)

   Eilha stá acá.

   She's here.

From Vulgar Latin *eccum hāc.

acá (not comparable)

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

• ak (text messaging)

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

• IPA^(key): /aˈka/ [aˈka]

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• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: a‧cá

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

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

acá (invariable)

1. (Mexico) high quality

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

• “acá”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024