caso

/ˈkaso/ · A1 · noun · m

case

💼 caso = case: same Latin root, casus, a thing that befalls

From Latin casus (a fall, an event), the same source as English case. Swap the final -e for -o and you have it. It covers a situation, a medical case, and the set phrase en caso de = in case of.

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