causar
Spanish, verb/kauˈsaɾ/
causar is spelled C-A-U-S-A-R (6 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,314th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Causar is a Spanish verb meaning “to cause, to make” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que produce la causa su efecto”.
What does causar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cause, to make
- 2
to wreak, to bring, to provoke
- 3
to inflict
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Que produce la causa su efecto. 2. Ser motivo de un suceso o cierto resultado 3. Por extensión, ser ocasión o darla para que una cosa suceda.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of causar
- causo first-person present singular
- causé first-person preterite singular
- causado participle past
- causando gerund
- causada feminine participle past
- causados masculine participle past
- causadas feminine participle past
- causas indicative informal present
- causás indicative informal present
- causa indicative present singular
- causamos first-person indicative plural
- causáis indicative plural present
- causan indicative plural present
- causaba first-person imperfect indicative
- causabas imperfect indicative second-person
- causábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- causabais imperfect indicative plural
- causaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce causar?
- /kauˈsaɾ/
- [kau̯ˈsaɾ]
- [kawˈsaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to causar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is causar in Spanish?
causar appears 18 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).