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What does "a que" mean?

26583 viewsupdated Jul 7, 2016posted by mistakes0000Welcome to the Q&A forum! - --Mariana--, Aug 15, 2012

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We need a little more context to answer your question.

In the following sentence "a que" means "to what"....

¿A qué se dedica? What does he do for work? To what does he dedicate himself?

updated Aug 17, 2012edited by --Mariana--posted by --Mariana--Gets my vote. - Eddy, Aug 15, 2012In you answer shouldn't que be changed to qué? - mtmonadnock, Aug 15, 2012Yes! Thank you, MtMonadnock! - --Mariana--, Aug 16, 20125votes

A few days ago I ask the question what does Ä que no puedes comer solo uno? mean and got the response that the "A que" was an expression used for "I bet".

Just another use.

updated Aug 27, 2017posted by gringojrfThat is what i was gonna say.. Sabritas creo. - Ox-Y-Gen, Aug 15, 2012I think you got it right. - mtmonadnock, Aug 15, 20121vote

At this very moment I'm sitting on the balcony of a flat in el barrio de Lavapies in Madrid. While enjoying the cool summer evening people watching and listening intently to their conversations as they walk by, I heard a guy say to his friends "A que Barrios?"

I immediately thought "To what neighborhoods" but that's my mind trying to tranlate word for word in English. When I entered it in my "iTranslate" translator, which seems to be pretty accurate in most cases, it interpreted it as "which neighborhoods" which makes sense but I've only known, in my very limited knowledge of español, "A que" to just the phrase, "A que hora."

Maybe the usage can mean which? Correct me if i'm wrong in my thinking please.

updated Jul 7, 2016posted by Elcontador1vote

A que as in "a que hora" please explain your question more , if you mean it in the way i just asked... it bascically means "at what(time)" Welcome to the forum

updated Aug 16, 2012posted by Abhinair660votes

Sometimes, it comes as part of a phrase and has no literal translation. For example: Estoy esperando a que venga mi amiga." I'm waiting on my friend to come. "A que" goes along with "esperar" in this instance. :D

Give us an example and we'll see if we can all make sense of it! :D

updated Aug 15, 2012posted by joshhh3170votes

Qué hora es? means What time is it? but "A qué hora cierra?" means At what time do you close? And you must answer like "A las diez por la noche" The verb "ser" does not need "a" but some other verbs for doing something like "Cerrar, dedicar, cenar,..." need "a".

That's what I have learned!

updated Aug 15, 2012posted by polarstar290votes

what's difference between

qúe hora es? and

a qúe hora .....?(a qúe hora cierra?)

thanks~

updated Aug 15, 2012posted by mistakes00000votes

"el que" has a number of applications: it can mean what or that, which, who, whom.

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