caso
Portuguese, conjunction/ˈka.zu/
caso is spelled C-A-S-O (4 letters) and appears 513 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 184th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caso is a Portuguese conjunction meaning “if (introduces a condition)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of casar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “na hipótese de; se”.
What does caso mean in English?
conjunction
- 1
if (introduces a condition)
Caso V. Exa pretenda apresentar a questão ao Centro de Informações ao Público por correio electrónico, é favor utilizar o website:
noun
- 1
masculinean actual event, situation or fact
- 2
masculinepiece of work to be done
- 3
masculineinstance used as a topic of study
- 4
masculinegrammatical case (category that reflects the function performed by a noun phrase)
- 5
masculinetale; story; account
- 6
masculineaffair; love affair (adulterous relationship)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of casar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
conjunction: 1. na hipótese de; se
noun: 1. acontecimento, fato, ocorrência 2. hipótese, circunstância, situação 3. história, narrativa 4. motivo, oportunidade
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of caso
- casos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caso?
- Brazil /ˈka.zu/
- Portugal /ˈka.zu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caso in Portuguese?
caso appears 513 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).