cá
Portuguese, noun
cá is spelled C-Á (2 letters) and appears 76 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,277th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cá is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “The name of the Latin script letter K/k” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, CA is a different word: “abbreviation of corrente alternada: AC”. Without its accent, ca is a different word: “contraction of com + a: feminine singular of co”. With a tilde, cã is a different word: “grey hair”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome da letra do alfabeto latino representada por k, K”.
What does cá mean in English?
adverb
- 1
here (in this place)
Cá estou.
- 2
hither (to this place)
Vem cá.
- 3
here (at this time; at the present situation)
De lá para cá fizemos muita coisa.
noun
- 1
BrazilmasculineThe name of the Latin script letter K/k.
noun
- 1
feminineabbreviation of corrente alternada: AC
conjunction
- 1
obsoletethan
conjunction
- 1
obsoletefor, because
contraction
- 1
colloquialcontraction of com + a: feminine singular of co
noun
- 1
femininegrey hair
noun
- 1
masculinekhan (a ruler over various Turkish, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of cão
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. título de alguns soberanos ou líderes mongóis e persas 2. cabelo branco
adverb: 1. aqui 2. neste lugar 3. entre nós
adverb: 1. não
interjection: 1. essa agora!, nessa!
noun: 1. nome da letra do alfabeto latino representada por k, K
conjunction: 1. que 2. do que 3. porque
abbreviation: 1. corrente alternada
symbol: 1. centiare
abbreviation: 1. corrente alternada
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cá
- cá alternative misspelling
- câ alternative obsolete
- cà alternative obsolete
- ca alternative obsolete
- cás plural
- cãs plural
- khan alternative
- cão alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to cá
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cá in Portuguese?
cá appears 76 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).