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cauza
the cause /ˈka.u.za/
noun#2259 most common
Also: the reason, because of (in the phrase "din cauza")
Example sentences
Care este cauza?
What is the cause?
Din cauza ploii, nu am ieșit din casă.
Because of the rain, I did not leave the house.
Nimeni nu cunoaște cauza exactă a accidentului.
No one knows the exact cause of the accident.
Poliția a stabilit cauza incendiului.
The police established the cause of the fire.
Medicii încă investighează cauza bolii, care rămâne necunoscută.
Doctors are still investigating the cause of the illness, which remains unknown.
Din cauza lipsei de dovezi, avocatul nu a putut demonstra cauza reală a prejudiciului suferit de client.
Due to the lack of evidence, the lawyer could not prove the real cause of the damage suffered by the client.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cauza | cauzele |
| Genitive | cauzei | cauzelor |
| Accusative | cauza | cauzele |
| Vocative | cauzo | cauzelor |
Word family
cauzăcause (indefinite form)
a cauzato cause
cauzalcausal
cauzalitatecausality
cauzatorcausing, that causes
Etymology
Cauză comes from Latin causa, meaning reason, motive, or legal case. The word entered Romanian through the general Latin base of the language and was later reinforced by French and Italian influence in the 19th century, when Romanian scholars modernized the vocabulary. The form cauza is simply cauză plus the enclitic definite article -a, meaning the cause.
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