causar

/kauˈsaɾ/ · A2 · verb

to cause, to make

causar = cause + -ar: the English word cause with a Spanish verb ending

From Latin causare, the same root as English cause. Swap the silent English -e for the Spanish infinitive ending -ar and you have it. Stress falls on the last syllable: cau-SAR.

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