causa
inflection ofcausar third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative Borrowed fromLatin causa cosa English cause French cause Italian causa Portuguese causa Spanish causa
causa f plural causes
cause ( the source of, the reason for ) ( law ) lawsuit See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
causa
inflection ofcausar third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative FromLatin causa
causa f
thing causa
third-person singular past historic ofcauser IPA (key ) : /ˈkawsa/ [ˈkɑw.s̺ɐ] Rhymes:-awsa Hyphenation:cau‧sa Learned borrowing fromLatin causa cousa
causa f plural causas
cause Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006 –2018 ) “causa ”, inCorpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , editor (2006 –2013 ), “causa ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández ,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane ,María Álvarez de la Granja , editors (2003 –2018 ), “causa ”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco , editor (2014 –2024 ), “causa ”, inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega ,→ISSN causa
inflection ofcausar third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative causa (plural causas
cause ( someone or something that causes a result ) Borrowed fromLatin causa cosa English French cause Portuguese Spanish causa
causa f plural cause
cause ( law ) lawsuit Synonym: lite See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
causa
inflection ofcausare third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative caussa ( used by Cicero and a little after him ) FromOld Latin caussa Proto-Italic *kaussā Latin cudo ( “ I strike ” ) , in the sense "strike a cause," in which theProto-Indo-European *kewh₂-ud-ʰ-t- , from*kewh₂- ( “ to cut, strike ” ) .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] Etruscan 𐌂𐌀𐌅𐌔𐌀 ( cavsa ) .
causa f genitive causae first declension
cause ,reason qua decausa /qua de re/quam obcausam ―for thisreason /therefore 29BCE BCE ,
Virgil ,
Aeneid 4.169–170 :
Ille diēs prīmus lētī prīmusque malōrumcausa fuit [...]. That day – a first of death, and onset of misery – it was thecause [of everything]. ( law ) case ,claim ,contention cause ,judicial process ,lawsuit Synonym: cognitiō motive ,reason ,pretext ,inducement ,motivation condition ,occasion ,situation ,state ( figuratively ) justification ,explanation ( Medieval Latin ) thing First-declension noun.
causā genitive )
for the sake of ,on account of urbis causā for the sake of the cityDalmatian: Italo-Romance: Rhaeto-Romance: Venetan: Gallo-Italic: Gallo-Romance: Occitano-Romance: Ibero-Romance: Insular Romance: Ancient borrowings: Later borrowings: “causa Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879 )A Latin Dictionary “causa Charlton T. Lewis (1891 )An Elementary Latin Dictionary , New York: Harper & Brothers "causa ", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis causa inGaffiot, Félix (1934 )Dictionnaire illustré latin-français , Hachette. Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894 )Latin Phrase-Book [1] Macmillan and Co. on the spur of the moment:temporis causa to make not the slightest effort; not to stir a finger:manum non vertere alicuius rei causa my position is considerably improved; my prospects are brighter:res meae meliore loco, in meliore causa sunt my circumstances have not altered:eadem est causa mea in eadem causa sum to quote as a reason; give as excuse:causam afferre for valid reasons:iustis de causis cogent, decisive reasons:magnae (graves) necessariae causae on good grounds; reasonably:non sine causa how came it that...:quid causae fuit cur...? the motive, cause, is to be found in..:causa posita est in aliqua re the motive, cause, is to be found in..:causa repetenda est ab aliqua re quaerenda I was induced by several considerations to..:multae causae me impulerunt ad aliquid ut... to interpose, put forward an argument, a reason:causam interponere interserere to find a suitable pretext:causam idoneam nancisci under the pretext, pretence of..:per causam cause and effect:causae rerum et consecutiones extraneous causes:causae extrinsecus allatae in ipsa re positae concatenation, interdependence of causes:rerum causae aliae ex aliis nexae to leave the question open; to refuse to commit oneself:integrum (causam integram) sibi reservare to be favourably disposed towards:alicuius causa velle cupere to speak of some one respectfully:honoris causa aliquem nominare appellare for one's own diversion; to satisfy a whim:voluptatis animi causa in memory of..:memoriae causa, ad in memoriam to cite a person or a thing as an example:aliquem (aliquid) exempli causa ponere, proferre, nominare, commemorare a digression, episode:quod ornandi causa additum est for political reasons:rei publicae causa to embrace the cause of..., be a partisan of..:alicuius partes (causam) aliquem sequi the aristocracy (as a party in politics):boni cives, optimi, optimates boni improbi illi, qui optimatium causam agunt to take up the cause of the people, democratic principles:causam popularem suscipere defendere to be a leading spirit of the popular cause:populi causam agere to hold an inquiry into a matter:aliquid, causam cognoscere without any examination:incognita causa indicta causa a civil case:causa privata a criminal case:causa publica to conduct a person's case (said of an agent, solicitor):causam alicuius agere (apud iudicem) to address the court (of the advocate):causam dicere, orare to defend oneself before the judge (of the accused):causam dicere to defend a person:causam dicere pro aliquo to conduct some one's defence in a case:causam alicuius defendere to have a good case:causam optimam habere to gain a weak case by clever pleading:causam inferiorem dicendo reddere superiorem counsel; advocate:patronus (causae) to undertake a case:causam suscipere to undertake a case:ad causam aggredi accedere without going to law:indicta causa cognita causa to win a case:causam litem obtinere to lose one's case:causam litem amittere, perdere to decide on the conduct of the case:iudicare causam (de aliqua re) Dizionario Latino, Olivetti ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014 )A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots , Xlibris Corporation,→ISBN ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008 ) “100-01 ”, inEtymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill,→ISBN page causa ^ EM. 108 Borrowed fromLatin causa
causa f plural causas
cause Synonym: encausa FromOld Occitan [Term?] , inherited fromLatin causa encausa ( “ cause ” ) .
causa f plural causas
( Gascony , Languedoc ) thing
Rhymes:-awzɐ Hyphenation:cau‧sa Learned borrowing fromLatin causa coisa cousa English French cause Italian Spanish causa
causa f plural causas
cause ,reason ( law ) suit ,lawsuit goal ,aim See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
causa
inflection ofcausar third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative “causa ”, iniDicionário Aulete 2008 –2025 “causa ”, inDicionário inFormal (in Portuguese),2006 –2025 “causa ” inDicionário Aberto based onNovo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo , 1913 “causa ”, inDicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa 2003 –2025 “causa ”, inMichaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa 2015 –2025 “causa ”, inDicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa 2008 –2025 Possibly fromOccitan cauça Vulgar Latin *calcea calza~cauza ), ultimately fromLatin calceus Italian calza calzetta calzone
IPA (key ) : /ˈkaw.sa/ ,[ˈkaw.sa] ,[ˈka.ʊ.sa] ,[ˈka.vʊ.sa] Rhymes:-ausa Hyphenation:càu‧sa causa f plural causi
( dated , clothing ) Synonym: causetta ( pluralia tantum ) causi :pants ,trousers ,pantaloons Borrowed fromLatin causa cosa English French cause Italian Portuguese , and Spanish causa
IPA (key ) : /ˈka.u.sa/ ,[ˈka.ʊ.sa] ,[ˈkaw.sa] ,[ˈka.vʊ.sa] Rhymes:-ausa Hyphenation:càu‧sa causa f plural causi
cause ( law ) lawsuit Synonym: sciarra IPA (key ) : /ˈkausa/ [ˈkau̯.sa] Rhymes:-ausa Syllabification:cau‧sa Borrowed fromLatin causa cosa English cause French cause Italian causa Portuguese causa
causa f plural causas
cause ( law ) lawsuit Borrowed fromQuechua kawsay ( “ life ” ) , influenced by the term above.
causa f plural causas
a dish in Peruvian cuisine made with potatoes and layered or topped with meat or vegetablesSynonyms: causa a la limeña causa limeña ( colloquial , Peru , slang ) dude ,mate ,bro Synonyms: see Thesaurus:tío See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
causa
inflection ofcausar third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative 
