desde ya

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˌdesde ˈʝa/ [ˌd̪ez.ð̞e ˈʝa]

• IPA^(key): /ˌdesde ˈʝa/ [ˌd̪ez.ð̞e ˈʝa] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ˌdesde ˈʃa/ [ˌd̪ez.ð̞e ˈʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˌdesde ˈʒa/ [ˌd̪ez.ð̞e ˈʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: des‧de ya

Adverb

desde ya

1. right now

   Synonyms: ahora mismo, inmediatamente

Further reading

• “desde ya”, 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