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cá
cá
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ca"
Irish
Adverb
cá
- where?
- Cá bhfuil tú? ― Where are you?
- Cá ndeachaigh sé? ― Where did he go?
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.
Related terms
- cár (used with the past tense and in copular constructions before a consonant)
- cárb, cárbh (used in copular constructions before a vowel)
Synonyms
Determiner
cá (triggers h-prothesis)
- what?
- Cá haois é? ― What age is he? How old is he?
- Cá tairbhe duit é? ― What profit is it to you?
Derived terms
Synonyms
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈka/
- Hyphenation: cá
- Rhymes: -a
Etymology 1
From Old Portuguese aca, from Latin eccum + hac.
Alternative forms
Adverb
cá (not comparable)
- here (in this place)
- Cá estou.
- Here I am.
- Cá estou.
- hither (to this place)
- Vem cá.
- Come here.
- Vem cá.
- here (at this time; at the present situation)
- De lá para cá fizemos muita coisa.
- We’ve done a lot since then (literally: from then to now).
- De lá para cá fizemos muita coisa.
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 | ||
Etymology 2
Noun
cá m (plural cás)
Synonyms
- capa (Portugal)
Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *ʔa-kaːʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kaʔ
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaː˧ˀ˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kaː˩ˀ˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kaː˦ˀ˥]
Noun
Derived terms
- cá chình (“eel”)
- cá đao (“swordfish”)
- cá heo (“dolphin”)
- cá hổ kình (“killer whale”)
- cá kiếm
- cá mập (“shark”)
- cá minh thái Alaska (“Alaska pollock”)
- cá ngừ đại dương (“tuna”)
- cá ngựa (“sea horse”)
- cá sấu (“crocodile”)
- cá voi (“whale”)
- Cá sụn
- Cá xương
See also
Verb
cá
- (informal) to bet