"causa" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkaw.sa/ Forms: cause [plural]
Rhymes: -awsa Etymology: Borrowed from Latin causa. Doublet of the inherited cosa. Cognates include English and French cause, Portuguese and Spanish causa. Etymology templates: {{bor+|it|la|causa}} Borrowed from Latin causa, {{doublet|it|cosa|notext=1}} cosa, {{cog|en,fr|cause}} English and French cause, {{cog|pt,es|causa}} Portuguese and Spanish causa Head templates: {{it-noun|f}} causa f (plural cause)
  1. cause Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-causa-it-noun-an7x7Z8V
  2. (law) lawsuit Tags: feminine Synonyms: lite
    Sense id: en-causa-it-noun-uFuRxTVY Categories (other): Law Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈkaw.sa/
Rhymes: -awsa Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|it|verb form}} causa
  1. inflection of causare:
    third-person singular present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: causare
    Sense id: en-causa-it-verb-rTesY9oB Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 1 9 73 17
  2. inflection of causare:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: causare
    Sense id: en-causa-it-verb-bp~U-cH1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: a causa di, causare Related terms: causale, cosa
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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