# acá
## Asturian
### Alternative forms

* ca
* caa

### Adverb

acá
* here (in this place)

## Central Tarahumara
### Noun

acá
* Alternative spelling of aká

### Verb

acá
* Alternative spelling of aká

## Fala
### Alternative forms

* ca (Valverdeñu)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aca.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈka/
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: a‧cá

### Adverb

acá
* 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

* 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: /aˈka/

### Adverb

acá
* 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
* ↑ 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

* “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: /akaː³/

### Noun

acá
* fish

## Mirandese
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *eccum hāc.

### Adverb

acá
* here (in this place)
    Eilha stá acá.She's here.

#### See also

Mirandese demonstratives :
| | | Pronouns | Pronouns | Pronouns | Pronouns | Pronouns | Adverbs |
| | | Singular | Singular | Plural | Plural | Neuter | Adverbs |
| | | Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Adverbs |
| Proximal | X | este, aqueste | esta, aquesta | estes, aquestes | estas, aquestas | isto, aquisto | eiqui, acá |
| Proximal | de + X | deste, daqueste | desta, daquesta | destes, daquestes | destas, daquestas | disto, daquisto | deiqui |
| Proximal | 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 |
| Medial | de + X | desse, daquesse | dessa, daquessa | desses, daquesses | dessas, daquessas | disso, daquisso | dalhi, deilhi |
| Medial | an + X | nesse, naquesse | nessa, naquessa | nesses, naquesses | nessas, naquessas | nisso, naquisso | — |
| Distal | X | aquel | aqueilha | aqueilhes | aqueilhas | aqueilho, aquilho | alhi, alhá |
| Distal | de + X | daquel | daqueilha | daqueilhes | daqueilhas | daqueilho, daquilho | dalhi, dalhá |
| Distal | an + X | naquel | naqueilha | naqueilhes | naqueilhas | naqueilho, naquilho | — |

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *eccum hāc.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈka/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈka/

### Adverb

acá (not comparable)
* (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: /aˈka/ [aˈka]
* Audio (Mexico):(file)
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: a‧cá

### Adverb

acá
* (especially Latin America) here
    Synonym: aquí
    Antonyms: ahí, allá, allí
    Ven acá. ― Come here.
* 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)
* (Mexico) high quality

### References

* “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