coisa
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Dalmatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably from Vulgar Latin *eccum sīc. Compare Italian così, Istriot cussèi, Venetian cusì, Friulian cussì.
Adverb[edit]
coisa
Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ojzɐ
- Hyphenation: coi‧sa
Etymology 1[edit]
Alteration of cousa, from Old Galician-Portuguese cousa, from Latin causa (“cause, reason”), in Later and Vulgar Latin meaning "thing". Doublet of causa, a learned borrowing. Compare Galician cousa, Spanish, Italian, and Catalan cosa, and French chose.
Noun[edit]
coisa f (plural coisas)
- thing (a physical object, entity or situation)
- Aconteceu uma coisa bastante estranha ontem à noite. ― A very strange thing happened last night.
- Comprei umas coisas com o salário desse mês. ― I bought some stuff with this month’s salary.
- thingamajig; gizmo, thingy (something whose name is unknown)
Quotations[edit]
For quotations using this term, see Citations:coisa.
Derived terms[edit]
- coisa-feia
- coisar
- coisa-ruim
- coisas do arco-da-velha
- coisificar
- coisinha (diminutive)
- coisona (augmentative)
- que coisa
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
coisa
- inflection of coisar:
Categories:
- Dalmatian terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Dalmatian terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Dalmatian lemmas
- Dalmatian adverbs
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ojzɐ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ojzɐ/2 syllables
- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms inherited from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese doublets
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Portuguese terms with usage examples
- Portuguese non-lemma forms
- Portuguese verb forms