de ceca en meca
Spanish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de ˌθeka em ˈmeka/ [d̪e ˌθe.ka ẽm ˈme.ka] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /de ˌseka em ˈmeka/ [d̪e ˌse.ka ẽm ˈme.ka] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: de ce‧ca en me‧ca
Adverb
- (idiomatic) here and there; back and forth
Further reading
- “de ceca en meca, o de la ceca a la meca”, 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