causa
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Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin causa. Cognate to Catalan cosa.
Noun[edit]
causa f (plural causes)
Derived terms[edit]
Verb[edit]
causa
- Third-person singular present indicative form of causar.
- Second-person singular imperative form of causar.
Dalmatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vulgar Latin *cosa from Latin causa.
Noun[edit]
causa f
French[edit]
Verb[edit]
causa
- third-person singular past historic of causer
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin causa. Cognates include Italian cosa, English cause, French cause, Portuguese causa, Spanish causa.
Noun[edit]
causa f (plural cause)
Synonyms[edit]
- lite (lawsuit)
Verb[edit]
causa
Related terms[edit]
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- caussa (used by Cicero and a little after him)
Noun[edit]
causa (genitive causae); f, first declension
Derived terms[edit]
- in causā sum
- sine causā (without good reason)
Inflection[edit]
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | causa | causae |
| genitive | causae | causārum |
| dative | causae | causīs |
| accusative | causam | causās |
| ablative | causā | causīs |
| vocative | causa | causae |
Usage notes[edit]
- 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[edit]
Occitan[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin causa.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA: [ˈkawzo]
Noun[edit]
causa f (plural causas)
- (Gascony, Languedoc) thing
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin causa. Cognates include Portuguese coisa, English cause, French cause, Italian causa, Spanish causa.
Noun[edit]
causa f (plural causas)
Verb[edit]
causa
- Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present indicative of causar
- Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of causar
Related terms[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin causa. Cognates include Spanish cosa, English cause, French cause, Italian causa, Portuguese causa.
Noun[edit]
causa f (plural causas)
Verb[edit]
causa (infinitive causar)
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of causar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of causar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of causar.
Related terms[edit]
Categories:
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan verb forms
- Dalmatian terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Dalmatian terms derived from Latin
- Dalmatian nouns
- French verb forms
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian nouns
- Latin nouns
- Occitan terms derived from Latin
- Occitan nouns
- Occitan countable nouns
- Gascon Occitan
- Languedocian Occitan
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese verb forms
- Portuguese forms of verbs ending in -ar
- Portuguese verb indicative forms
- Portuguese verb third-person forms
- Portuguese verb singular forms
- Portuguese verb present forms
- Portuguese verb imperative forms
- Portuguese verb second-person forms
- Portuguese verb affirmative forms
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish verb forms
- Spanish verb imperative forms
- Spanish verb singular forms
- Spanish verb second-person forms
- Spanish verb affirmative forms
- Spanish verb informal forms
- Spanish forms of verbs ending in -ar
- Spanish verb indicative forms
- Spanish verb formal forms
- Spanish verb present forms
- Spanish verb third-person forms
