FromLatincausa.

• IPA^(key):/ˈkosa/
• Rhymes:-osa
• Syllabification:co‧sa

cosa f (pluralcosas)

1. thing(that which exists as a separate entity)
   • 2010, Academia de l’Aragonés,Propuesta ortografica de l'Academia de l'Aragonés, 2nd edition, Edacar, page67:

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

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

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%

• cousa(Western Asturian)

FromOld Leonesecosa.

cosa f (pluralcoses)

1. thing

Inherited fromLatincausa. CompareOccitancausa andchausa,Frenchchose,Spanishcosa,Italiancosa.Doublet ofcausa, a borrowing from Latin.

• IPA^(key):(Central,Balearic)[ˈkɔ.zə]
• IPA^(key):(Valencia)[ˈkɔ.za]

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cosa f (pluralcoses)

1. thing
2. affair,matter

• alguna cosa
• coseta
• qualsevol cosa

cosa

1. (Alghero, Italianism)what(interrogative)

   Cosa voleu? ―What do you want?

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

• qui cosa
• per cosa
• percosa

• “cosa” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “cosa”, inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana,2025
• “cosa” inDiccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició,Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cosa” inDiccionari 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, page33

cosa

1. inflection ofcoser:
   1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
   2. third-personsingularimperative

cosa (pluralcosas)

1. thing

• (Munster,Connacht)IPA^(key):/ˈkɔsˠə/
• (Ulster)IPA^(key):/ˈkʌsˠə/

cosa f pl

1. nominative/dativeplural ofcos

FromVulgar Latin orLate Latincoxa(“thigh”), fromLatincoxa(“hip”).

cosa f

1. thigh

Inherited fromLatincausa. Doublet of the borrowingcausa. The pronoun is aclipping ofche cosa.

• (Central and Southern Italy)IPA^(key):/ˈkɔ.za/,(traditional)/ˈkɔ.sa/
  • Rhymes:-ɔza,(traditional)-ɔsa
• (northern Italy)IPA^(key):/ˈkɔ.za/

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  • Rhymes:-ɔza
• (northern Italy,dialects)IPA^(key):/ˈkɔ.sa/
  • Rhymes:-ɔsa
• Hyphenation:cò‧sa

cosa f (pluralcose)

1. thing,matter

cosa

1. what?
2. what!

• caos,caso,osca

cosaoblique singular, f (oblique pluralcosas,nominative singularcosa,nominative pluralcosas)

1. (very early Old French)Alternative form ofchose

• Used in theOaths of Strasbourg

• cousa(Bierzo, Cepeda; Western León)

FromLatincausa.

• IPA^(key):/ˈkosa/

cosa m (pluralcosas)

1. thing
   • 1017,Fuero de León:

     Mandamos que nengunno non sea ossado de tomar negunacosa per roba dela yglesia;

     (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1243,Venta de una heredad en Villar (Cepeda)‎^[1]:

     de la gramcousa ata la pechena

     (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1247,Fuero de Campumanes‎^[2]:

     Conuszudacosa sea a todos los omes

     (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1256,"El abad del Montasterio de Espinareda concede fueros a los pobladores de Outero de Langre."‎^[3]:

     Conoçudacousa sea a quantos esta carta viren e audiren

     (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)

• Asturian:cosa,cousa
• Leonese:cousa
• Mirandese:cousa

FromLatincausa. Cognates includeMiddle Englishcause,Old Frenchchose,Old Galician-Portuguesecousa,Italiancosa.

• IPA^(key):/ˈkoza/

cosa

1. thing

• Ladino:koza
• Spanish:cosa

• Homophones:coza,cousa
• Rhymes:-ozɐ
• Hyphenation:co‧sa

cosa

1. inflection ofcoser:
   1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
   2. third-personsingularimperative

FromLatincausa. CompareItaliancosa.Doublet ofcausa.

• IPA^(key):/ˈkɔ.sa/
• Rhymes:-ɔsa
• Hyphenation:cò‧sa

cosa f (pluralcosi)

1. thing

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “cosa”, inNuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published2020,pages994–997

• IPA^(key):/ˈkosa/[ˈko.sa]

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• Rhymes:-osa
• Syllabification:co‧sa

Inherited fromOld Spanishcosa, inherited fromLatincausa. Doublet of the borrowingcausa. Cognates includeFrenchchose,Italiancosa,Portuguesecoisa.

cosa f (pluralcosas)

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

   cosas hermosas ―pretty [little]things

• coso(dialectal, for masculine nouns)

• cosilla(diminutive)
• cosita(diminutive)

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

cosa

1. inflection ofcoser:
   1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
   2. third-personsingularimperative

• “cosa”, inDiccionario 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