"case (instance)" in seven languages
Meaningcase (instance)
Spanish
caso
/ˈkaso/
masc.learned
French
cas
/ka/
masc.learned
Italian
caso
/ˈkaso/
masc.learned
Also 'chance': per caso 'by chance'.
Portuguese
caso
/ˈkazu/
masc.learned
Romanian
caz
/kaz/
neut.borrowed · French cas
Catalan
cas
/kas/
masc.learned
English
case
/keɪs/
from Latin/French · Old French cas
A different word from case 'box' (Latin CAPSA).
English → Italiancase (instance)casoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
CĀSUM‘a fall; a chance event (from CADERE 'to fall')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A case is how things happen to fall out, from CADERE 'to fall'. In case is en caso de, au cas où, in caso.
English relatives: casual, occasion, accident, cadence
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In a sentence
- esEn ese caso, me quedo en casa.
- frDans ce cas, je reste à la maison.
- itIn questo caso resto a casa.
- ptNesse caso, fico em casa.
- roÎn cazul ăsta, rămân acasă.
- caEn aquest cas, em quedo a casa.
- enIn that case, I'll stay home.