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casa

nounBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “casa” mean in English?

  1. house

Example sentences

  • Estoy en casa.

    I'm at home.

  • Voy a casa.

    I'm going home.

  • Mi casa es grande.

    My house is big.

How to use it

Casa means 'house' or 'home'. Feminine: la casa. The phrase en casa = 'at home' (no article); a casa = 'home(ward)'.

Common mistake

Drop the article in 'en casa' (at home) and 'a casa' (homeward) — but keep it elsewhere: 'la casa de mi tía'.

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Reference

This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 1.