# caso
## Asturian
### Verb

caso
* first-person singular present indicative of casar

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈka.zu]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈka.zo]

### Verb

caso
* first-person singular present indicative of casar

## Galician
### Verb

caso
* first-person singular present indicative of casar

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cāsus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈka.zo/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -azo
* Hyphenation: cà‧so

### Noun

caso m (plural casi)
* chance, fate
    Synonyms: destino, fato
* chance, coincidence, accident
    Synonyms: coincidenza, fatalità
* case, circumstance, matter, affair
    Synonyms: fatto, affare, vicenda, situazione
* possibility, opportunity, alternative
    Synonyms: evenienza, possibilità
* (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 Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* Cosa, caos, cosa, cosà, osca

## Neapolitan
### Pronunciation

* (Naples) IPA: [ˈkaːsə]

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin cāseus.

#### Noun

caso m (plural case)
* 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)
* case, event, occasion

#### References

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

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈka.zu/
* Rhymes: -azu
* Hyphenation: ca‧so

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin cāsus.

#### Conjunction

caso
* 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)
* case
** an actual event, situation or fact
** piece of work to be done
** (sciences) instance used as a topic of study
** (grammar) grammatical case (category that reflects the function performed by a noun phrase)
* tale; story; account
    Synonyms: história, causo, estória, conto
* affair; love affair (adulterous relationship)

##### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:caso.

##### Derived terms

* acaso
* caso dativo
* caso genitivo
* caso nominativo

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

caso
* first-person singular present indicative of casar

##### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:casar.

### Further reading

* “caso”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “caso”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “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, 2003–2025
* “caso”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “caso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkaso]

### Noun

caso
* vocative singular of casă

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkaso/ [ˈka.so]
* Audio (Latin America):(file)
* Rhymes: -aso
* Syllabification: ca‧so
* Homophone: (Latin America) cazo

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin cāsus.

#### Noun

caso m (plural casos)
* case (situation or fact)
    en mi caso ― in my case
    es un caso especial ― it's a special case
* (medicine) case (instance of a medical condition)
    Aumentan los casos de diabetes entre niños.The number of cases of diabetes among children is rising
* (law) case
    el caso Bárcenas ― the Bárcenas case
* (grammar) case
* 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
* si es caso
* vamos al caso
* vaya por caso
* venir al caso

##### Related terms

* casual

##### Descendants

* → Bikol Central: kaso
* → Cebuano: kaso
* → Tagalog: kaso

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

caso
* 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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### References

* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “caso”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Venetan
### Etymology

From Italian Italian cazzo.

### Noun

caso m (plural casi)
* (vulgar) dick, cock, prick (penis)