# cosa
## Aragonese
### Etymology

From Latin causa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkosa/
* Rhymes: -osa
* Syllabification: co‧sa

### Noun

cosa f (plural cosas)
* thing (that which exists as a separate entity)
** 2010, Academia de l’Aragonés, Propuesta ortografica de l'Academia de l'Aragonés, 2nd edition, Edacar, page 67:Nombres propios d’animals, cosas y conceptos singularizaus: […]Proper names of animals, things and singularised concepts: […]

### Pronoun

cosa
* 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%

## Asturian
### Alternative forms

* cousa (Western Asturian)

### Etymology

From Old Leonese cosa.

### Noun

cosa f (plural coses)
* thing

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin causa. Compare Occitan causa and chausa, French chose, Spanish cosa, Italian cosa. Doublet of causa, a borrowing from Latin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈkɔ.zə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈkɔ.za]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

cosa f (plural coses)
* thing
* affair, matter

#### Derived terms

* alguna cosa
* coseta
* qualsevol cosa

### Pronoun

cosa
* (Alghero, Italianism) what (interrogative)
    Cosa voleu? ― What do you want?

#### Usage notes

* The Italianism cosa? ('what?') is found within Algherese and is commonly used by speakers thereof, but is deemed by the IEC as something to be avoided.

#### See also

* qui cosa
* per cosa
* percosa

### References

* “cosa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “cosa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “cosa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “cosa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* El Català de l'Alguer : un model d'àmbit restringit, Barcelona, 2003, →ISBN, page 33

## Galician
### Verb

cosa
* inflection of coser:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Interlingua
### Noun

cosa (plural cosas)
* thing

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Connacht) IPA: /ˈkɔsˠə/
* (Ulster) IPA: /ˈkʌsˠə/

### Noun

cosa f pl
* nominative/dative plural of cos

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Istriot
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin or Late Latin coxa (“thigh”), from Latin coxa (“hip”).

### Noun

cosa f
* thigh

## Italian
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin causa. Doublet of the borrowing causa. The pronoun is a clipping of che cosa.

### Pronunciation

* (Central and Southern Italy) IPA: /ˈkɔ.za/, (traditional) /ˈkɔ.sa/
** Rhymes: -ɔza, (traditional) -ɔsa
* (northern Italy) IPA: /ˈkɔ.za/
** Audio (Northern):(file)
** Rhymes: -ɔza
* (northern Italy, dialects) IPA: /ˈkɔ.sa/
** Rhymes: -ɔsa
* Hyphenation: cò‧sa

### Noun

cosa f (plural cose)
* thing, matter

### Pronoun

cosa
* what?
* what!

#### Derived terms

* che cosa
* Cosa Nostra
* qualcosa

### Anagrams

* caos, caso, osca

## Old French
### Noun

cosa oblique singular, f (oblique plural cosas, nominative singular cosa, nominative plural cosas)
* (very early Old French) Alternative form of chose

#### Usage notes

* Used in the Oaths of Strasbourg

## Old Leonese
### Alternative forms

* cousa (Bierzo, Cepeda; Western León)

### Etymology

From Latin causa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkosa/

### Noun

cosa m (plural cosas)
* thing
** 1017, Fuero de León:Mandamos que nengunno non sea ossado de tomar neguna cosa per roba dela yglesia;(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 1243, Venta de una heredad en Villar (Cepeda)‎:de la gram cousa ata la pechena(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 1247, Fuero de Campumanes‎:Conuszuda cosa sea a todos los omes(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 1256, "El abad del Montasterio de Espinareda concede fueros a los pobladores de Outero de Langre."‎:Conoçuda cousa sea a quantos esta carta viren e audiren(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Descendants

* Asturian: cosa, cousa
* Leonese: cousa
* Mirandese: cousa

## Old Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin causa. Cognates include Middle English cause, Old French chose, Old Galician-Portuguese cousa, Italian cosa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkoza/

### Noun

cosa
* thing

#### Descendants

* Ladino: koza
* Spanish: cosa

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈko.zɐ/
* Homophones: coza, cousa
* Rhymes: -ozɐ
* Hyphenation: co‧sa

### Verb

cosa
* inflection of coser:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Sicilian
### Etymology

From Latin causa. Compare Italian cosa. Doublet of causa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɔ.sa/
* Rhymes: -ɔsa
* Hyphenation: cò‧sa

### Noun

cosa f (plural cosi)
* thing

### Further reading

* Traina, Antonino (1868) “cosa”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, pages 994–997

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkosa/ [ˈko.sa]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -osa
* Syllabification: co‧sa

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish cosa, inherited from Latin causa. Doublet of the borrowing causa. Cognates include French chose, Italian cosa, Portuguese coisa.

#### Noun

cosa f (plural cosas)
* thing (object, concept)
* (informal) thing (living being or creature)
    cosas hermosas ― pretty [little] things

##### Alternative forms

* coso (dialectal, for masculine nouns)

##### Derived terms

* cosilla (diminutive)
* cosita (diminutive)
* alguna cosa
* arroz con cosas
* como si tal cosa
* cosa de
* cosa del otro jueves
* cosa en sí
* cosa juzgada
* cosa rara
* cosas del mundo
* cosas que van y vienen
* cosas veredes
* dar cosa
* estado de cosas
* Internet de las cosas
* llamar las cosas por su nombre
* poca cosa
* poquita cosa
* qué cosa
* una cosa es predicar, y otra dar trigo

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

cosa
* inflection of coser:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “cosa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10