acá y allá: meaning & examples

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Language: Spanish

Meanings:

  • 1.

    All Spanish-speaking regionsneutralinformal
    • In various places; here and there; scattered across different locations.

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    • Las hojas caían acá y allá por todo el jardín durante el otoño.

      Leaves were falling here and there all over the garden during autumn.

    • Hay basura tirada acá y allá en el parque, necesitamos organizar una limpieza urgente.

      There is trash scattered here and there in the park; we need to organize an urgent cleanup.

    • Los turistas se dispersaron acá y allá para explorar diferentes puntos históricos de la ciudad.

      The tourists spread out here and there to explore different historical sites in the city.

  • 2.

    All Spanish-speaking regionsneutralinformal
    • Moving about from place to place; back and forth or to and fro.

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    • Desde temprano en la mañana, Juan estuvo corriendo acá y allá para terminar todos sus pendientes.

      Since early morning, Juan was running back and forth to finish all his errands.

    • Los niños jugaban acá y allá en el patio, sin parar de moverse ni un momento.

      The children were playing to and fro in the yard, not stopping moving for a moment.

    • Acá y allá, los voluntarios se desplazaban ayudando a quienes más lo necesitaban.

      Here and there, volunteers moved about helping those who needed it most.

Examples:

  • ES: - Oh, en algún lugar entre acá y allá.
    EN: - Oh, someplace between here and there.
  • ES: Lo vieron acá y allá.
    EN: Seen here, seen there.
    EN: Seen here, seen there.
  • ES: Algo acá y allá, pero no tu tu tu.
    EN: - Yes and no.. "sumthing" here and there, but not "all all".
  • ES: Anoche unos cheques tuyos estaban mal unos dólares acá y allá, pero se van sumando.
    EN: Hey, listen, last night, a bunch of your checks, they were off a couple of bucks here and there, but, you know, adds up.
  • ES: Tendré que apostar algunos hombres más acá y allá.
    EN: I'd have to staff a few more men here, there.
  • ES: Excepto acá y allá.
    EN: Except for the odd spot
  • ES: Metes la pata acá y allá.
    EN: You get things not quite right.
  • ES: Hidy, acá y allá, buenos vecinos.
    EN: Hidy, hither and yon, good neighbors.
  • ES: ¿Quién anda acá y allá comprando explosivos y armas?
    EN: Who"s this guy buying up these explosives and weapons?
  • ES: Están todos locos, sabes, disparando acá y allá.
    EN: They all go crazy, you know, shooting from over there, and there.
  • ES: Todos los días vienen robots de acá y allá trayéndonos ideas nuevas.
    EN: See, every day, robots come here from hither and yon bringing us new ideas.
  • ES: Estuve un poco acá y allá, adentro y afuera.
    EN: I've been a little "on and off", inside and outside.
  • ES: Comiendo bien... viviendo bien, paseando en avión acá y allá.
    EN: I eat well... live well, riding on a plane everywhere...
  • ES: Algún trabajo acá y allá...
    EN: A few jobs here and there...
  • ES: Así que tengo cosas acá y allá.
    EN: So I have affairs here and there.
  • ES: Ahora, el joven Fortimbrás, fogoso y lleno de ardor no probado aún en batalla, ha reclutado en las fronteras de Noruega acá y allá una turba de gente resuelta, a arrebatarnos esas tierras perdidas anteriormente por su padre.
    EN: Now, sir, young Fortinbras, of unimproved mettle hot and full, hath in the skirts of Norway here and there shark'd up a list of lawless resolutes, to recover of us those foresaid lands so by his father lost.
    EN: Now, sir, young Fortinbras, of unimproved mettle hot and full, hath in the skirts of Norway here and there shark'd up a list of lawless resolutes, to recover of us those foresaid lands so by his father lost.
  • ES: Colocar una pequeñas arañas acá y allá como un contraste de altos y bajos.
    EN: Put some small chandeliers here and there as a contrast of low-end, high-end.
  • ES: Todos tienen un par de imperfecciones acá y allá.
    EN: Everybody has a couple of imperfections here and there.
  • ES: Desde ese entonces, vivo un poco acá y allá.
    EN: Since then, I live a little here and there.
  • ES: a ver si efectivamente yo tenía el respaldo de la gente, porque se abrían centros en La Pampa, en Misiones, acá y allá, y en los pueblos, y en todos lados, y él quería conocer por dentro esa realidad.
    EN: And it was very interesting, because he wanted to know if he could trust me, to see if I indeed had the support of the people, because we opened branches in La Pampa, in Misiones, throughout the interior, everywhere. And he wanted to understand this reality from the inside.

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