de acá para allá

Spanish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /de aˌka ˌpaɾa aˈʝa/ [d̪e aˌka ˌpa.ɾa aˈʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /de aˌka ˌpaɾa aˈʎa/ [d̪e aˌka ˌpa.ɾa aˈʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /de aˌka ˌpaɾa aˈʃa/ [d̪e aˌka ˌpa.ɾa aˈʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /de aˌka ˌpaɾa aˈʒa/ [d̪e aˌka ˌpa.ɾa aˈʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Syllabification: de a‧cá pa‧ra a‧llá

Adverb

de acá para allá

  1. (idiomatic) here and there; to and fro

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