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Asturian
Verb
caso
- first-person singular present indicative of casar
Catalan
Pronunciation
Verb
caso
- first-person singular present indicative of casar
Galician
Verb
caso
- first-person singular present indicative of casar
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cāsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈka.zo/
- Rhymes: -azo
- Hyphenation: cà‧so
Noun
caso m (plural casi)
- chance, fate
- Synonyms: destino, fato
- chance, coincidence, accident
- Synonyms: coincidenza, fatalità
- case, circumstance, matter, affair
- Synonyms: fatto, affare, vicenda, situazione
- possibility, opportunity, alternative
- Synonyms: evenienza, possibilità
- (grammar) case
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- caso in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- caso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- caso in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- caso in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- caso in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- caso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Neapolitan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin cāseus.
Noun
caso m (plural case)
- cheese
- Synonym: furmaggio
References
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Italian caso.
Noun
caso m (plural case)
- case, event, occasion
References
- Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “caso”, in Schedario Napoletano
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -azu
- Hyphenation: ca‧so
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin cāsus.
Conjunction
caso
- if (introduces a condition)
- Synonym: se
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Noun
caso m (plural casos)
- case
- an actual event, situation or fact
- piece of work to be done
- (sciences) instance used as a topic of study
- (grammar) grammatical case (category that reflects the function performed by a noun phrase)
- tale; story; account
- Synonyms: história, causo, estória, conto
- affair; love affair (adulterous relationship)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:caso.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
caso
- first-person singular present indicative of casar
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:casar.
Further reading
- “caso”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “caso”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “caso” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “caso”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “caso”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “caso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Romanian
Pronunciation
Noun
caso
- vocative singular of casă
Spanish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin cāsus.[1]
Noun
caso m (plural casos)
- case (situation or fact)
- en mi caso ― in my case
- es un caso especial ― it's a special case
- (medicine) case (instance of a medical condition)
Aumentan los casos de diabetes entre niños.- The number of cases of diabetes among children is rising
- (law) case
- el caso Bárcenas ― the Bárcenas case
- (grammar) case
- occasion
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
caso
- first-person singular present indicative of casar
Further reading
References
Venetan
Etymology
From Italian Italian cazzo.
Noun
caso m (plural casi)
- (vulgar) dick, cock, prick (penis)