"casita" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: casitas [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish casita (literally “small house”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|casita|lit=small house}} Spanish casita (literally “small house”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} casita (plural casitas)
  1. (US) A small, attached but self-contained house or apartment. Tags: US Categories (topical): Architecture Synonyms: mother-in-law apartment, granny annexe
    Sense id: en-casita-en-noun-Mxz0DbJu Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 46 1 1 49 2

Inflected forms

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