ca
Spanish, noun
ca is spelled C-A (2 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,406th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ca is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “house” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, CA is a different word: “initialism of corriente alterna (“AC or alternating current”)”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Casa”.
What does ca mean in English?
conjunction
- 1
obsoletebecause
interjection
- 1
SpainDenotes incredulity or negation; oh no!
noun
- 1
colloquialfemininehouse
noun
- 1
feminineinitialism of corriente alterna (“AC or alternating current”)
noun
- 1
feminineinitialism of comunidad autónoma
noun
- 1
masculineinitialism of centro de alumnos
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Denota incredulidad o negación.
conjunction: 1. Porque.
noun: 1. Casa.
abbreviation: 1. Abreviatura de circa (alrededor de una fecha).
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ca
- CC. AA. plural
- ¡ca! canonical
- cas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ca in Spanish?
ca appears 18 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).