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case noun

  /keɪs/
  • An actual event, situation, or fact.
  • A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession; the set of tasks involved in addressing the situation of a specific person or event.
  • (academia) An instance or event as a topic of study.
  • (medicine) An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.
 caso
  • (legal) A legal proceeding; a lawsuit or prosecution.
 causa, pleito, argumento

case noun

  /keɪs/
  • A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.
  • (printing, historical) A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type, traditionally arranged in sets of two, the "upper case" (containing capitals, small capitals, accented) and "lower case" (small letters, figures, punctuation marks, quadrats, and spaces).
  • (typography, by extension) The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter.
 caja
  • The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.
 caja, carcasa
  • A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.
 caja, maleta
  • A suitcase.
 maleta, valija
  • A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.
 vitrina

case verb

  /keɪs/
  • (transitive) To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.
 empaquetar
  • (transitive, informal) To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery.
 estudiar el terreno, fichar

casing noun

  /ˈkeɪsɪŋ/
  • That which encloses or encases.
 bacía
grammatical case
caso
ablative case
ablativo
dative case
dativo, caso dativo
nominative case
nominativo, caso nominativo
pencil case
estuche, cartuchera, plumier, estuche escolar, portatodo
vocative case
vocativo, caso vocativo
case law
jurisprudencia
case in point
ejemplo
instrumental case
instrumental, caso instrumental
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