cosa

See also: Cosa and cósa

Aragonese

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FWOTD – 8 January 2016

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈko.sa/

Noun

cosa f (plural cosas)

1. thing (that which exists as a separate entity)
   • 2010, Academia de l’Aragonés, Propuesta ortografica de l'Academia de l'Aragonés, 2^nd edition, Edacar, page 67:

     Nombres propios d’animals, cosas y conceptos singularizaus: […]

     Proper names of animals, things and singularised concepts: […]

Pronoun

cosa

1. nothing (not any thing)
   • May-August 2014, Fuellas, Consello d’a Fabla Aragonesa, page 26:

     Respondioron: muito 0,00 % / prou 33,3 % / poco 66,7 % / cosa 0,00 %

     They answered: a lot 0.00% / enough 33.3% / a little 66.7% / nothing 0.00%

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Asturian

Alternative forms

• cousa

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin causa.

Noun

cosa f (plural coses)

1. thing

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Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin causa. Cognate to the Catalan doublet causa, borrowed from the same source.

Noun

cosa f (plural coses)

1. thing
2. affair, matter

Derived terms

• alguna cosa

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Galician

Verb

cosa

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) first-person singular present subjunctive of coser
2. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) third-person singular present subjunctive of coser

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Interlingua

Noun

cosa (plural cosas)

1. thing

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Irish

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔsˠə]

Noun

cosa f pl

1. Template:nominative plural of
2. (deprecated template usage) dative plural of cos

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Istriot

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin coxa.

Noun

cosa f

1. thigh

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Italian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin causa.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.za/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter)

  Audio

  (file)

Noun

cosa f (plural cose)

1. thing, matter

Pronoun

cosa

1. what?
2. what!

Derived terms

• qualcosa
• che cosa

Anagrams

• caos
• caso

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Old French

Noun

cosa oblique singular, f (oblique plural cosas, nominative singular cosa, nominative plural cosas)

1. (very early Old French) (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Alternative form of chose

Usage notes

• Used in the Oaths of Strasbourg

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Portuguese

Verb

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) first-person singular present subjunctive of coser
2. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) third-person singular present subjunctive of coser
3. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) first-person singular imperative of coser
4. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) third-person singular imperative of coser

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Spanish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin causa. Cognates include French chose, Italian cosa, Portuguese coisa.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈko.sa/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter)

  Audio (Latin America)

  (file)

Noun

cosa f (plural cosas)

1. thing (object, concept)
2. (informal) thing (living being or creature)

   cosas hermosas — pretty [little] things

Verb

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of coser.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of coser.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of coser.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of coser.