cá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ca"

Irish

Pronunciation
  • (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): [kɑː]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): [kæː]
  • Note: the phrase cá bhfuil (“where is?”) is pronounced [kɑːlʲ].

Adverb

cá

  1. where?
    Cá bhfuil tú? ― Where are you?
    Cá ndeachaigh sé? ― Where did he go?
    Synonyms: cá háit, cén áit

Usage notes
  • Not used with the past tense, except for some irregular verbs. Triggers eclipsis of the following verb. Takes the dependent form of irregular verbs.
  • cár (used with the past tense and in copular constructions before a consonant)
  • cárb, cárbh (used in copular constructions before a vowel)

Determiner

cá (triggers h-prothesis)

  1. what?
    Cá haois é? ― What age is he? How old is he?
    Cá tairbhe duit é? ― What profit is it to you?

Synonyms

Derived terms

Further reading
  • "cá" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “cá” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “cá” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Leonese

Alternative forms

Noun

cá f

  1. house

References

Portuguese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈka/
  • Hyphenation: cá
  • Rhymes: -a

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese aca, from Latin eccum + hāc.

Alternative forms

Adverb

cá (not comparable)

  1. here (in this place)
    Cá estou.
    Here I am.
  2. hither (to this place)
    Vem cá.
    Come here.
  3. here (at this time; at the present situation)
    De lá para cá fizemos muita coisa.
    We’ve done a lot since then (literally: from there to here).
Synonyms
Antonyms
  • (in this place): lá
See also
Portuguese demonstratives (edit)
Pronouns Adverbs
Singular Plural Neuter
Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine
Proximal X este esta estes estas isto aqui, cá
de + X deste desta destes destas disto daqui
em + X neste nesta nestes nestas nisto —
Medial X esse essa esses essas isso aí
de + X desse dessa desses dessas disso daí
em + X nesse nessa nesses nessas nisso —
Distal X aquele aquela aqueles aquelas aquilo ali, lá
de + X daquele daquela daqueles daquelas daquilo dali
em + X naquele naquela naqueles naquelas naquilo —
a + X àquele àquela àqueles àquelas àquilo
Anaphoric X o a os as — —
de + X do da dos das
em + X no na nos nas
a + X ao à aos às

Etymology 2

From Latin kā (“kay”).

Noun

cá m (plural cás)

  1. (chiefly Brazil) The name of the Latin-script letter K. (kay)
Synonyms

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *ʔa-kaːʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kaʔ. Cognate with Thavung ก้า, Khmer កា (kaa, “prefix for fish”), Pacoh aca, Bahnar ka, Khasi 'kha/dohkha, Mon က (kaˀ), Car Nicobarese ka.

Noun

(classifier con) cá (𩵜)

  1. (zoology) fish
Derived terms
Derived terms

Verb

cá

  1. (colloquial) to bet
Derived terms
Derived terms
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