/kaˈswal/
Translation
casual, chance
Word origin
From Latin casualis ('happening by chance'), from casus ('a fall, a chance event'), from cadere ('to fall'). The same root gives English 'casual' and 'case'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- casualis
- English cognates
- casual, case
Grammar
Examples
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I prefer a more casual style of clothing.
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It was a chance meeting in the street.
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The office atmosphere is quite casual.
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Is it a formal dinner or something more casual?
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Our meeting was completely by chance.
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Grammar articles
(13)Spanish Advanced Grammar (C1-C2): The Constructions That Sound Native
Spanish Text Cohesion and Style: signposting, avoiding repetition, en resumen
Spanish Connectors of Cause and Consequence: porque, ya que, por lo tanto, así que
Spanish Future Tense: ir a + Infinitive and the Inflectional Future
Spanish Slang and Chat: decoding tio, guay, o sea, xq (the informal register)
Spanish Intensifiers and Downtoners: muy, -ísimo, super, un poco, más bien
The Spanish Neuter lo (lo bueno, lo que, lo de)
Spanish Nosotros Commands: the 'Let's...' Form
Spanish Politeness: Softening Requests (¿Podría...?, ¿Te importaría...?, quisiera)
Spanish Prefixes: des-, re-, in-, pre- (deshacer, imposible, rehacer)
Advanced Spanish Relative Pronouns: el que, el cual, lo cual and cuyo
Reported Speech in Spanish: tense backshift (dice que, dijo que)
How Spanish Builds Verbs: -izar, -ecer, -ificar, -ear (realizar, oscurecer, simplificar)
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