hacia

== Asturian == === Alternative forms === haza === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish hacia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaθja/ [ˈa.θja] Rhymes: -aθja Syllabification: ha‧cia === Preposition === hacia toward, towards === Further reading === “hacia”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “hacia”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN == Spanish == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaθja/ [ˈa.θja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /ˈasja/ [ˈa.sja] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -aθja (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) Rhymes: -asja (Latin America, Philippines) Syllabification: ha‧cia Homophone: (Latin America) Asia === Preposition === hacia toward, towards around, about (indicating time) hacia 1850 ― around 1850 ==== Usage notes ==== Often replaced with the prepositions a or more colloquially para. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Asturian: hacia === References === Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “hacia”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 301 === Further reading === “hacia”, 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