Portuguese | English |
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caso verb | should(if; in case of) |
caso preposition | in case of(in the event of) |
caso adverb | if need be(if necessary) |
caso conjunction | if(supposing that) in case(Because event X might occur) |
caso noun {m} | affair [affairs](any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely) case [cases](actual event, situation, or fact) fling [flings](short sexual relationship) grammatical case(mode of inflection of a word) love affair(adulterous relationship) |
caso abessivo noun {m} | abessive case(case used to express the lack of something) |
caso absolutivo noun {m} | absolutive case(case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action) |
caso adessivo noun {m} | adessive case(noun case used to indicate adjacent location) |
caso alativo noun {m} | allative case(case used to indicate movement onto, or to the adjacency of something) |
caso caritivo noun {m} | caritive case(case used to express the lack of something) |
caso comitativo noun {m} | comitative case(case used to denote companionship) |
caso contrário phrase | or else(as an alternative) |
caso dativo noun {m} | dative case(case used to express direction towards an indirect object) |
caso delativo noun {m} | delative case(case used to indicate movement from an object) |
caso elativo noun {m} | elative case(case used to indicate movement out of something) |
caso ergativo noun {m} | ergative case(case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages) |
caso essivo noun {m} | essive case(case used to indicate a temporary state of being) |
caso exemplar noun {m} | case in point [cases in point](example that illustrates a point) |
caso fortuito noun {m} | act of God(unforeseen occurrence) |
caso genitivo noun {m} | genitive [genitives](inflection pattern) |
caso ilativo noun {m} | illative case(case used to indicate movement into something) |
caso inessivo noun {m} | inessive(inessive case) |
caso instrumental noun {m} | instrumental case(case to express agency or means) |
caso locativo noun {m} | locative case(case used to indicate place, or the place where) |
caso nominativo noun {m} | nominative case(case used to indicate the subject) |
caso oblíquo noun {m} | oblique case(any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)) |
caso possessivo noun {m} | possessive case(case used to express direct possession) |
caso preposicional noun {m} | prepositional case(case serving as object of a preposition) |
caso reto noun {m} | direct case(noun case covering the nominative and possibly other cases) |
casota noun {f} | kennel [kennels](shelter) |
acaso noun | chance [chances](random occurrence) |
acaso noun {m} | adventure [adventures](that which happens without design) serendipity [serendipities](unsought, unintended... and/or learning experience that happens by accident) |
acaso da sorte noun {m} | fluke [flukes](stroke of luck) |
acaso feliz noun {m} | fluke [flukes](stroke of luck) |