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caso — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • affair noun A matter, event, or piece of business, especially one being discussed in a general or vague way.
  • case noun A particular situation, instance, or set of facts.
  • fling verb To throw something suddenly and with force.
  • if conj Used to introduce a condition: supposing that something is or were true.
  • in case conjunction Because something might happen; used to explain a precaution taken against a possibility.
  • should verb Used to give advice, an opinion, or an instruction about what is right or expected.

Senses

caso is used for these senses in English:

  • affair Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely.
  • affair A person with whom someone has an adulterous relationship.
  • case (legal) A legal proceeding; a lawsuit or prosecution.
  • fling A short romantic, oftentimes sexual, relationship.
  • grammatical case (grammar) A mode of inflection of a word dependent on its use, especially the syntactic function in a phrase.
  • if Supposing that, assuming that, in the circumstances that; used to introduce a condition that may be (or prove to be) either true or false.
  • in case of If there should be.
  • love affair An affair; a usually adulterous relationship between people who are not married to each other.

affair — full definition

  1. noun A matter, event, or piece of business, especially one being discussed in a general or vague way.
  2. noun A secret romantic or sexual relationship, especially involving someone who is already in a committed relationship.
  3. noun A social event, especially a formal or elaborate one.

case — full definition

  1. noun A particular situation, instance, or set of facts.
  2. noun A matter under legal, medical, or professional investigation.
  3. noun A container, box, or covering designed to hold or protect something.
  4. noun Grammar: the form a noun, pronoun, or adjective takes to show its role in a sentence.
  5. verb To pack something into a case, or to observe a place closely before a robbery.

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