ça

From Latin ecce ha. Compare French çà.

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈsa/
• Homophone: sa

ça

1. (archaic) here; in this place

• “ça” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ça”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “ça” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ça” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Contraction of cela.

• IPA^(key): /sa/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): [sɑ], [sɔ]

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• Homophones: çà, ç'a, sa

ça

1. (informal) that

   J'aimerais ça. ― I'd like that.

2. (informal) this

   Je veux ça. ― I want this.

3. it

   Ça va. ― It's okay.

4. used to indicate actions happening generally without specifying an agent, like on but with a greater suggestion of mass, generalized, unattributable, or confused action; people

   Partout ça criait, ça hurlait, ça se battait.

   There was shouting, screaming, fighting everywhere.

5. (Louisiana) they

ça m (uncountable)

1. (psychoanalysis) id

• “ça”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN)