Today’s Spanish word of the day is “caso”.
It’s a masculine noun meaning “case” or “situation”.
It’s used in a similar way to how we use the word “case” in English, for example:
- Este es un caso muy complejo. – This is a very complex case.
- En caso de emergencia, llama a este número. – In case of emergency, call this number.
The word “caso” comes from Latin casus, meaning “chance”, “occasion” or “accident”. In Latin, the word originally meant something like “a falling”. Some English words from the same root include “case”, “casual” and “casualty”, all of which originally had meanings related to chance and accidents.
Example sentences
No te preocupes, en cualquier caso, yo te ayudaré.
Don’t worry, in any case, I’ll help you.
En este caso, la solución es simple.
In this case, the solution is simple.
En el caso del asesinato de la duquesa, todos los indicios apuntaban al mayordomo.
In the case of the murder of the duchess, all the clues pointed to the butler.
Lo que parecía ser un caso aislado resultó ser parte de un patrón mucho más grande y preocupante.
What seemed to be an isolated case turned out to be part of a much larger and worrying pattern.
En caso de que ganemos la lotería, viajaremos por el mundo.
If (literally “in the case that”) we win the lottery, we’ll travel the world.
