causa

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin causa. Cognate to Catalan cosa.

Noun

causa f (plural causes)

1. cause
2. lawsuit

Derived terms

• a causa de
• causal

Verb

causa

1. Third-person singular present indicative form of causar.
2. Second-person singular imperative form of causar.

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Dalmatian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cosa from Latin causa.

Noun

causa f

1. thing

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French

Verb

causa

1. third-person singular past historic of causer

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin causa. Cognates include Italian cosa, English cause, French cause, Portuguese causa, Spanish causa.

Noun

causa f (plural cause)

1. cause
2. lawsuit

Synonyms

• lite (lawsuit)

Verb

causa

1. third-person singular present indicative of causare
2. second-person singular imperative of causare

Related terms

• a causa di
• causale
• cosa

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Latin

Alternative forms

• caussa (used by Cicero and a little after him)

Noun

causa (genitive causae); f, first declension

1. cause, reason
2. case, claim, contention
3. motive, pretext
4. situation, condition

Derived terms

• in causā sum
• sine causā (without good reason)

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	causa	causae
genitive	causae	causārum
dative	causae	causīs
accusative	causam	causās
ablative	causā	causīs
vocative	causa	causae

Usage notes

• In the ablative case with a preceding noun in the genitive case, causā can mean "for the sake of" or "on account of" (e.g., urbis causā, "for the sake of the city").

Descendants

Albanian: kafshë Catalan: cosa, causa English: cause Dalmatian: causa French: chose, cause Galician: cousa

Italian: cosa, causa Occitan: causa Portuguese: coisa, causa Romanian: cauză Spanish: cosa, causa

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Occitan

Alternative forms

• chausa (Auvernhat, Limousin, Provençal, Vivaro-Alpine)
• còsa (Guardiol)
• cauva (Provençal)

Etymology

From Latin causa.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈkawzo]

Noun

causa f (plural causas)

1. (Gascony, Languedoc) thing

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA: /ˈkawzɐ/
• Hyphenation: cau‧sa

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin causa. Cognates include Portuguese coisa, English cause, French cause, Italian causa, Spanish causa.

Noun

causa f (plural causas)

1. cause, reason
2. suit, lawsuit
3. goal, aim

Verb

causa

1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative of causar
2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of causar

Related terms

• causal

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin causa. Cognates include Spanish cosa, English cause, French cause, Italian causa, Portuguese causa.

Noun

causa f (plural causas)

1. cause
2. lawsuit

Verb

causa (infinitive causar)

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of causar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of causar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of causar.

Related terms

• causal
• acusar
• cosa