cosa

From Latin causa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈko.sa/

cosa f (plural cosas)

1. thing (that which exists as a separate entity)
   • 2010, Academia de l’Aragonés, Propuesta ortografica de l'Academia de l'Aragonés, 2^nd edition, Edacar, page 67:

     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

From Latin causa.

cosa f (plural coses)

1. thing

From Old Occitan [Term?], inherited from Latin causa. Cognate to the Catalan doublet causa, borrowed from the same source.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.zə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.za/

cosa f (plural coses)

1. thing
2. affair, matter

• alguna cosa

cosa

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of coser
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of coser

cosa (plural cosas)

1. thing

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

cosa f pl

1. nominative and dative plural of cos

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

cosa f

1. thigh

Inherited from Latin causa. Doublet of the borrowing causa.

• (Northern Italy) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːza/
• (Central and Southern Italy, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːsa/

• Audio (Northern)

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cosa f (plural cose)

1. thing, matter

cosa

1. what?
2. what!

• qualcosa
• che cosa
• Cosa Nostra

• caos
• caso

cosa f (oblique plural cosas, nominative singular cosa, nominative plural cosas)

1. (very early Old French) Alternative form of chose

• Used in the Oaths of Strasbourg

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

cosa

1. thing

• Ladino: koza
• Spanish: cosa

cosa

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of coser
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of coser
3. first-person singular imperative of coser
4. third-person singular imperative of coser

• IPA^(key): /ˈkosa/

• Audio (Latin America)

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

cosa f (plural cosas)

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

   cosas hermosas

   pretty [little] things

• cosilla (diminutive)
• cosita (diminutive)

• coso (dialectal, for masculine nouns)

See the etymology of the main entry.

cosa

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of coser.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of coser.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of coser.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of coser.

• “cosa” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.