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casa

home, place

noun KAH-zah Rare

Origin: From Spanish/Italian 'casa' (house), from Latin 'casa' (hut).

Usage Note

Casa is informal and colloquial in French, borrowed from Spanish or Italian and used in casual speech to mean 'home' or 'place', as in à la casa (at home). It is typical of informal registers and youth slang, and would sound out of place in formal writing. The standard equivalents are maison or chez moi.

Examples

"On se retrouve à la casa ce soir."

Natural Translation

We meet up at home tonight.

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