casualidad

Spanish

Etymology

From casual +‎ -idad; cognate with Galician casualidade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaswaliˈdad/ [ka.swa.liˈð̞að̞]
• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: ca‧sua‧li‧dad

Noun

casualidad f (plural casualidades)

1. chance, coincidence, happenstance, fluke, accident

   Synonyms: azar, accidente, suerte

Derived terms

• por casualidad

 

Related terms

• casual

 

Further reading

• “casualidad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10