casa
-noun feminine
1. (=vivienda) house
·una casa en el campo
·a house in the country, a country house
·ir de casa en casa vendiendo
·to sell things from door to door
·casa adosada terraced villa
·Casa Blanca
·la Casa Blanca
·the White House
·casa consistorial town hall
·casa cuartel Civil Guard police station including living quarters for families of policemen
·casa cuna (history) foundling home (moderna) day-nursery, crèche
·casa de acogida (para enfermos, menores) hostel (para mujeres maltratadas) refuge
·casa de alquiler
·vivo en una casa de alquiler
·I live in rented accommodation
·casa de asistencia boarding house
·casa de azotea penthouse
·casa de baños public bathhouse
·casa de bebidas † drinking house
·casa de beneficencia † poor-house
·casa de bombas pumphouse
·casa de campaña
(Latin America) tent
·casa de campo country house
·casa de citas brothel
·casa de comidas cheap restaurant
·casa de correcciónoun † young offenders institution, reformatory United States
·casa de correos post office
·casa de cultura municipal arts centre
·casa de Dios house of God
·casa de ejercicios retreat house
·casa de fieras zoo
·casa de guarda lodge
·casa de huéspedes boarding house
·casa de juego gambling house
·casa de labor
·casa de labranza farmhouse
·la Casa de la Moneda
Chilean presidential palace
·casa de locos
(=manicomio) madhouse, asylum
(=lugar caótico) madhouse
·casa de maternidad maternity hospital
·casa de muñecas doll'noun house
·casa de pisos block of flats, apartment block
·casa de putas * brothel
·casa de seguridad
(Cono Sur) (politics) safe house
·casa de socorro first-aid post
·casa de tolerancia † house of ill repute
·casa de vecindad tenement block
·casa de vicio † brothel
·casa encantada haunted house
·casa mortuoria house of the deceased
·casa pareada semi-detached house
·casa parroquial parish house
·casa religiosa
a. [de monjes] monastery
b. [de monjas] convent
·casa rodante caravan, trailer
·la Casa Rosada Argentinian presidential palace
·casa rural (de alquiler) holiday cottage
(=pensiónoun) rural B & B
·casa solariega (habitada) family seat, ancestral home (usada como museo) stately home
2. (=hogar) home
·estábamos en casa
·we were at home
·se fue a casa
·she went home
·estábamos en casa de Juan
·we were at Juan'noun (place)
·¿dónde tiene usted su casa?
·where is your home?
·está usted en su casa
·make yourself at home
·es una casa con alegría
·it'noun a happy home, it'noun a happy household
·la casa de Lorca en Fuentevaqueros
·Lorca'noun former home in Fuentevaqueros
a. [abandonar] la casa = to leave home
b. [de] casa
·un animal de casa
·a pet, a family pet
·ropa de casa
·clothes for wearing around the house
·estoy vestido de casa
·I'masculine in the clothes I wear around the house
c. [en] casa = at home
·debes dejar claro quiénoun manda en casa
·you should make it quite clear who'noun in charge at home
·¿está la señora en (la) casa?
·is the lady of the house in?, is the lady of the house at home?
·me he dejado los libros en (mi) casa
·I've left my books at home
d. está [fuera] de casa = she'noun out, she'noun not at home
e. [ir] a casa = to go home
·ir hacia casa
·to head for home
·ir a casa de Juan
·to go to Juan'noun (place)
f. [llevar] la casa = to run the household
g. [poner] casa = to set up house
·[poner] casa a una mujer
·to set a woman up in a little place
h. estar [por] la casa = to be about the house
i. [salir] de casa = to leave home
j. [sentirse] como en su casa = to feel at home
·siéntase como en su casa
·make yourself at home
k. [ser] de la casa = to be like one of the family
·casa paterna parents' home
·casa y comida board and lodging
3. de andar por casa
·zapatos de andar por casa
·shoes for wearing around the house
·una explicaciónoun de andar por casa
·a rough-and-ready explanation
·psicoanálisis de andar por casa
·homespun psychoanalysis
b. como una casa *
·una rata como una casa
·a massive great rat
·una mentira como una casa
a whopper *
·un penalti como una casa
·a clear-cut penalty
c. está en casa Dios * it'noun miles away *
d. [echar] la casa por la ventana to spare no expense
·echaron la casa por la ventana comprándonos regalos para la boda
they really went to town on buying us presents for our wedding *
e. [empezar] la casa por el tejado to put the cart before the horse
f. [franquear] la casa a somebody, someone to open one'noun house to somebody
g. [hacer] casa to get rich
h. poner a somebody, someone en casa to do somebody a great favour
i. poner su casa en orden to put one'noun own house in order
j. no tener casa ni hogar to be homeless
k. esto es la casa de technicalócame Roque everyone just does as they like in this house, it'noun utter chaos in this house
4. (=asociaciónoun)
·casa de España club for expatriate Spaniards
·casa de Galicia Club for expatriate Galicians
·Casa del Pueblo (politics) social club run by Spanish socialist party
5. (sport) home ground
·la casa del Real Madrid
·Real Madrid'noun (home) ground
·equipo de casa
·home team
·jugar en casa
·to play at home
·jugar fuera de casa
·to play away (from home)
·perdieron en casa ante el Betis
·they lost at home to Betis
6. (en juegos) home
·si sacas tres seguidos, te vuelves a tu casa
·if you get three in a row you go back to the beginning o go back to home
7. (en bar, restaurante)
·un postre de la casa
·one of our own special desserts
·una botella de vino de la casa
·a bottle of house wine
·hoy invita la casa
·it'noun on the house today
8. (=empresa) firm, company
·casa armadora shipping company
·casa bancaria banking house
·casa central head office
·casa de banca banking house
·casa de discos record company
·casa de empeños pawnshop
·casa de (la) moneda mint
·casa de modas fashion house
·casa de préstamos pawnshop
·casa discográfica record company
·casa editorial publishing house
·casa matriz
(=oficina) head office
(=empresa) parent company
9. (=linaje) house
·la Casa de Saboya
·the House of Savoy
·la Casa de Austria
·the Hapsburgs
·casa real royal household