What does A translate to in English

Question

What does "A" translate to in english?

Answer 1

In Spanish the preposition "a" can mean a lot of things. You'll have to be more specific in your question.

Here's one example where "a" means "to" = Voy a la tienda (I'm going to the store)

Answer 2

...or it may have no semantic meaning as in:

"Visitaré a mi mamá"

In that sentence, "a" is a preposition and is only introducing the direct object and indicating that it is a person, so to speak. If it weren't a person, you would't need preposition "a", as in:

"Visitaré Madrid"

"A" is very multifaceted, you see.