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caz
case (an instance or situation) /ˈkaz/
noun#175 most common
Also: instance, occurrence
Example sentences
Acesta este un caz special.
This is a special case.
Nu știu ce să fac în acest caz.
I don't know what to do in this case.
Poliția investighează cazul de furt.
The police are investigating the theft case.
În cazul în care plouă, rămânem acasă.
In case it rains, we stay home.
Avocatul a prezentat toate probele relevante pentru acest caz.
The lawyer presented all the evidence relevant to this case.
Cazurile de acest gen ridică probleme etice complexe pe care sistemul juridic abia începe să le abordeze.
Cases of this kind raise complex ethical issues that the legal system is only beginning to address.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cazul | cazurile |
| Genitive | cazului | cazurilor |
| Accusative | cazul | cazurile |
| Vocative | cazule | cazurilor |
Word family
caziercriminal record
cazuisticăcasuistry, case-by-case reasoning
în orice cazanyway, in any case
în caz căin case that, if
Etymology
Caz entered Romanian from French cas, itself descended from Latin casus, meaning a fall or an occurrence. Casus in turn comes from the Latin verb cadere, to fall, which underlies the broader idea of something that happens or befalls someone. The same Latin root gives English case through Old French.
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