"cosa" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkosa/, [ˈko.sa] Forms: cosas [plural]
Rhymes: -osa Etymology: Inherited from Old Spanish cosa, inherited from Latin causa. Doublet of the borrowing causa. Cognates include French chose, Italian cosa, Portuguese coisa. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|es|osp|cosa|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Spanish cosa, {{inh+|es|osp|cosa}} Inherited from Old Spanish cosa, {{inh|es|la|causa}} Latin causa, {{doublet|es|causa|notext=1}} causa, {{cog|fr|chose}} French chose, {{cog|it|cosa}} Italian cosa, {{cog|pt|coisa}} Portuguese coisa Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} cosa f (plural cosas)
  1. thing (object, concept) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cosa-es-noun-ETxgxFuz
  2. (informal) thing (living being or creature) Tags: feminine, informal
    Sense id: en-cosa-es-noun-pHpkOrwd Categories (other): Spanish terms with collocations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: coso (english: for masculine nouns) [dialectal]

Verb

IPA: /ˈkosa/, [ˈko.sa]
Rhymes: -osa Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} cosa
  1. inflection of coser: Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: coser
    Sense id: en-cosa-es-verb-HhcZ0aiK Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 3 13 55 29
  2. inflection of coser: Tags: form-of, imperative, singular, third-person Form of: coser
    Sense id: en-cosa-es-verb-rPVCVoTF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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