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ça

/sa/

pronoun/sa/

that (distal demonstrative pronoun); this (proximal demonstrative pronoun); it (alternative form of ce as a subject of être in tenses other than the present and imperfect indicative); it, that, they, them (reduplicated pronoun referring to an indefinite or generic noun phrase); it (dummy pronoun)

J'aimerais ça.I'd like that.

Synonyms: cela, ceci, il, donc, alle, le, la, li

Syncopic contraction of cela (“that”), from ce + -là. Compare French ceci (“this”).

noun, masculine/sa/

id

Calque of German Es (“id”), substantivized from the pronoun.

ça — French Dictionary | Passage