acerca

See also: acercá

Fala

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ad circa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈθeɾka/
• Rhymes: -eɾka
• Syllabification: a‧cer‧ca

Adverb

acerca

1. near

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021), Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Mirandese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈs̻eɾka/ [ɐˈs̻eɾ.kɐ]
• Rhymes: -eɾka
• Syllabification: a‧cer‧ca

Adverb

acerca

1. near

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

Verb

acerca

1. inflection of acercar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈθeɾka/ [aˈθeɾ.ka] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /aˈseɾka/ [aˈseɾ.ka] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɾka
• Syllabification: a‧cer‧ca

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin ad circa.

Adverb

acerca

1. (archaic) adjacent
2. only used in acerca de (“about; concerning”)

Derived terms

• acerca de

Related terms

• acercar
• cerca

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

acerca

1. inflection of acercar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “acerca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025