caso

See also: Appendix:Variations of "caso"

Asturian

Verb

caso

1. first-person singular present indicative of casar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [ˈka.zu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈka.zo]

Verb

caso

1. first-person singular present indicative of casar

Galician

Verb

caso

1. first-person singular present indicative of casar

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cāsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.zo/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -azo
• Hyphenation: cà‧so
• Homophone: Caso

Noun

caso m (plural casi)

1. chance, fate

   Synonyms: destino, fato

2. chance, coincidence, accident

   Synonyms: coincidenza, fatalità

3. case, circumstance, matter, affair

   Synonyms: fatto, affare, vicenda, situazione

4. possibility, opportunity, alternative

   Synonyms: evenienza, possibilità

5. (grammar) case

Derived terms

• a caso
• casomai
• casuale
• del caso
• fare caso
• in caso
• in ogni caso
• nel caso
• per caso

Related terms

• casualità
• casualmente
• per caso

Descendants

• → Maltese: każ

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 Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• Cosa, caos, cosa, cosà, osca

Neapolitan

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [ˈkaːsə]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin cāseus.

Noun

caso m (plural case)

1. cheese

   Synonym: furmaggio

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1217: “salare il formaggio” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian caso.

Noun

caso m (plural case)

1. case, event, occasion

References

• Giacco, Giuseppe (2003), “caso”, in Schedario Napoletano

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.zu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈka.zu/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -azu
• Hyphenation: ca‧so

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱes-der.?

Proto-Italic *kazēō

Latin careō

Latin cāssus

Latin cāsusbor.

Portuguese caso

Borrowed from Latin cāsus.

Conjunction

caso

2. if (introduces a condition)

   Synonym: se

   Caso V. Exa pretenda apresentar a questão ao Centro de Informações ao Público por correio electrónico, é favor utilizar o website:

   Please send your enquiries and suggestions to the Public Information Centre by email via the homepage:

Noun

caso m (plural casos)

1. case
   2. an actual event, situation or fact
   4. piece of work to be done
   6. (sciences) instance used as a topic of study
   8. (grammar) grammatical case (category that reflects the function performed by a noun phrase)
3. tale; story; account

   Synonyms: história, causo, estória, conto

5. affair; love affair (adulterous relationship)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:caso.

Derived terms

• acaso
• caso dativo
• caso genitivo
• caso nominativo
• descaso

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

caso

2. first-person singular present indicative of casar

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:casar.

Further reading

• “caso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “caso”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “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, 2003–2026
• “caso”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “caso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.so/
• Rhymes: -aso
• Hyphenation: ca‧so

Noun

caso f

1. vocative singular of casă

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaso/ [ˈka.so]

• Audio (Latin America):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: ca‧so
• Homophone: (Latin America) cazo

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱes-der.?

Proto-Italic *kazēō

Latin careō

Latin cāssus

Latin cāsusbor.

Spanish caso

Borrowed from Latin cāsus.

Noun

caso m (plural casos)

1. case (situation or fact)

   en mi caso ― in my case

   es un caso especial ― it's a special case

2. (medicine) case (instance of a medical condition)

   Aumentan los casos de diabetes entre niños.

   The number of cases of diabetes among children is rising

3. (law) case

   el caso Bárcenas ― the Bárcenas case

4. (grammar) case
5. occasion

   Synonym: ocasión

Derived terms

• a caso hecho
• acaso
• caso ablativo
• caso acusativo
• caso aislado
• caso clínico
• caso dativo
• caso de
• caso de conciencia
• caso de corte
• caso de honra
• caso esivo
• caso fortuito
• caso genitivo
• caso instrumental
• caso locativo
• caso nominativo
• caso oblicuo
• caso perdido
• caso que
• caso vocativo
• de caso pensado
• en caso de
• en cualquier caso
• en el peor de los casos
• en todo caso
• en último caso
• estar en el caso
• hablar al caso
• hacer al caso
• hacer caso
• hacer caso omiso
• llegado el caso
• ni caso
• no tiene caso
• poner por caso
• ser del caso
• si es caso
• vamos al caso
• vaya por caso
• venir al caso

Related terms

• casual

Descendants

• → Central Bikol: kaso
• → Cebuano: kaso
• → Ladino: kavzo
• → Tagalog: kaso

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

caso

1. first-person singular present indicative of casar

Further reading

• “caso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Venetan

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cazzo.

Noun

caso m (plural casi)

1. (vulgar) dick, cock, prick (penis)