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hacia.

toward, towards

5 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

prep/ˈaθja/[ˈa.θja]/ˈasja/[ˈa.sja]

  1. toward, towards

    Сaminaremos hacia el centro de la ciudad.
    El cohete se dirige hacia la luna.

  2. around, about (indicating time)

    hacia 1850
Where this word comes from

According to Coromines and Pascual, from Old Spanish fazia (attested ca. 1300), with the variant faza (att. in Cid, Berceo, Calila e Dimna), and in pre-literary Latinized spelling faze ad (att. 1208, in a legal document), from Latin faciem ad (facing towards). Unlike in faz, the final -e of Latin faciem was conserved due to appearing in an established phrase, cf. Spanish pese a and its variant pesia. Cognate with Leonese faza.

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