cá

cá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ca"

Bassa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃá]

Adverb

cá

1. really

Verb

cá

1. to deceive, to fool someone

References

• Bassa-English Dictionary
• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

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Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /kɑː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /kaː/
• 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.

Related terms

• 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

• cén (singular), cé na (plural)

Derived terms

• cá háit (“where?”)
• cá huair (“when?”)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• 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.

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Leonese

Alternative forms

• casa

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

cá f

1. house

References

• AEDLL
• Pallabreiru Llïonés

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈka/

• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: cá

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese aca, from Vulgar Latin *eccum hāc. Compare archaic French çà, Spanish acá and Italian qua.

Alternative forms

• câ, cà, ca (obsolete)

Adverb

cá (not comparable)

1. here (in this place)

   Synonym: aqui

   Antonym: lá

   Cá estou. ― Here I am.

2. hither (to this place)

   Synonym: aqui

   Vem cá. ― Come here.

3. here (at this time; at the present situation)

   Synonyms: agora, aqui, já

   De lá para cá fizemos muita coisa.

   We’ve done a lot since then.

   (literally, “from there to here).”)

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

   Synonym: (Portugal) capa

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kaː˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kaː˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kaː˦˥]
• (Quảng Nam) IPA^(key): [kɑː˦˥]

• Audio (Ho Chi Minh City)

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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, Mang ʔaː¹, Khasi 'kha/dohkha, Mon က (kaˀ), Car Nicobarese kāḵ.

Noun

(classifier con) cá • (亇, 个, 𩵜)

1. a fish (vertebrate animal)

   Cá heo và cá voi không phải là cá.

   Dolphins and whales aren't fish.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• cá bảy màu
• cá bột
• cá bống
• cá chạch
• cá chẽm
• cá chép
• cá chình
• cá chuối
• cá cờ
• cá cơm
• cá đối
• cá giếc
• cá heo
• cá hồi
• cá hô
• cá hương
• cá kèo
• cá leo
• cá linh
• cá lóc
• cá mập
• cá mè
• cá ngát
• cá ngừ
• cá ngựa
• cá nhà táng
• cá nhám
• cá nhồng
• cá nóc
• cá nục
• cá nược
• cá quả
• cá răng đao
• cá rồng
• cá rô
• cá sặc
• cá sấu
• cá sụn
• cá tầm
• cá thát lát
• cá thòi lòi
• cá thu
• cá tràu
• cá tra
• cá trê
• cá vàng
• cá voi
• cá xương
• chài cá
• đánh cá

 

Verb

cá

1. (colloquial) to bet

Derived terms

Derived terms

• cá cược
• cá độ

 

Anagrams

• ác