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cá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ca"

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Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

cá

  1. really

Verb edit

cá

  1. to deceive, to fool someone

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Irish edit

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Etymology 1 edit

Adverb edit

cá

  1. where?
    Synonyms: cá háit, cén áit
    Cá bhfuil tú? ― Where are you?
    Cá ndeachaigh sé? ― Where did he go?
Usage notes edit
  • 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 edit
  • cár (used with the past tense and in copular constructions before a consonant)
  • cárb, cárbh (used in copular constructions before a vowel)

Determiner edit

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?
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Noun edit

cá

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter k.
Usage notes edit

Although the letter ⟨k⟩ is not used in Irish, it has a name so it can be referred to in mathematical or scientific usage or when spelling words in other languages.

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Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

cá f

  1. house

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Pronunciation edit

  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: cá

Etymology 1 edit

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

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Adverb edit

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.”)
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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, acolá
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 edit

From Latin kā (“kay”).

Noun edit

cá m (plural cás)

  1. (Brazil) The name of the Latin-script letter K. (kay)
    Synonym: (Portugal) capa

Vietnamese edit

 
Cá

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

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 edit

(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.
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Verb edit

cá

  1. (colloquial) to bet
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