hacia
Spanish, preposition
hacia is spelled H-A-C-I-A (5 letters) and appears 389 times per million words in written Spanish, the 210th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hacia is a Spanish preposition meaning “toward, towards” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, hacía is a different word: “first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of hacer”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Indica la dirección del movimiento con relación a su destino aparente o real”.
What does hacia mean in English?
preposition
- 1
toward, towards
Сaminaremos hacia el centro de la ciudad.
- 2
around, about (indicating time)
hacia 1850
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of hacer
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
preposition: 1. Indica la dirección del movimiento con relación a su destino aparente o real. 2. Indica la orientación. 3. Indica proximidad. 4. Con verbos que expresan actitudes, sentimientos o emociones, indica ante qué, quién o quienes se dirigen estos.
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.
English words that translate to hacia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hacia in Spanish?
hacia appears 389 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).