Meaning

Opposite of
nem, nem mesmo, exceto, menos
Translations

jusqu’à

ta

heta

حَتَّى

heya

μέχρι

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/aˈtɛ/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese até, ata of uncertain origin. Possibly from Arabic حَتَّى (ḥattā), Latin ad ista (“to this”) or Latin ad tenus (“as far as”) (>"ad tenes"), which explain the large number of mediaeval variants (atrõe, atée, atrõo, attaa, atẽe, atães, tẽe and so on). However, considering the rarity of tenus, possibly from Latin intrā. Compare Spanish hasta, Leonese ata, Asturian ta.

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