casa

feminine noun

1. house (edificio); flat (piso) (British), apartment (United States)

una mentira como una casa (informal) -> a whopping great lie
ser de andar por casa -> to be simple o basic (sencillo)
echar o tirar la casa por la ventana (figurative) -> to spare no expense
empezar la casa por el tejado -> to put the cart before the horse
casa adosada -> terraced house (British), row house (United States)
casa Blanca -> White House
casa de campo -> country house
casa de de muñecas -> doll's house (British), dollhouse (United States)
casa particular -> private house
casa Rosada -> = Argentinian presidential palace (en Argentina)
casa solariega -> ancestral home, family seat
casa unifamiliar -> = house (usually detached) on an estate

2. home (hogar)

en casa -> at home
¿está tu hermano en casa? -> is your brother at home?
buscar casa -> to look for somewhere to live
cambiarse o mudarse de casa -> to move (house)
ir a casa -> to go home
pásate por mi casa -> come round to my place

3. family (familia); house (linaje)

la casa de Austria (history) -> the Hapsomebodyurgs
la casa de Borbón (history) -> the Bourbons
casa real -> royal family

4. company (establecimiento)

¡invita la casa! -> it's on the house!
especialidad/vino de la casa -> house specialty/wine
casa de apuestas -> betting shop
casa de citas -> brothel
casa de comidas -> = cheap restaurant serving simple meals
casa discográfica -> record company
casa de empeño -> pawnshop
casa de huéspedes -> guesomethingouse (British), rooming house (United States)
¡esto es una casa de locos! (figurative) -> this place is a madhouse!
casa matriz (commerce) -> head office; (de empresa) parent company (de grupo de empresas)
casa de putas (vulgar) -> whore house
casa de socorro -> first-aid post

5. home (sport)

jugar en casa -> to play at home
jugar fuera de casa -> to play away (from home)
el equipo de casa -> the home team

CASA ROSADA Casa Rosada (the “pink house”) in Buenos Aires, is the name of the Argentinian Presidential Palace. Its pink color was originally chosen (for an earlier building) by president Domingo Sarmiento (1868-74) to represent a combination between the two feuding political traditions of nineteenth century Argentina - red for the Federalists and white for the Unitarians. Argentina's presidents have addressed the people from the balcony of the palace, but the most famous orator to use it was Evita Peron, so there was a huge controversy when film director Alan Parker obtained permission to use the balcony when filming his musical Evita in 1997, with Madonna in the title role.

casa [cah’-sah]

noun

1. House, edifice, dwelling. (f)

2. Home, our own house, the private dwelling. (f)

3. House, household, the family residing in a house. (f)

4. Line or branch of a family. (f)

5. Checkers, or squares, of a chess or draught-board. (f)

6. Firm, business house. (f)

Casa de campo -> country house
Casa de socorro -> a receiving or emergency hospital
Casa de locos -> 1. Mad-house. 2. (Met.) Noisy or riotous house.
Casa de posada, casa de huéspede -> or casa de pupilos, lodging-house, or lodging and boarding-house
Casa pública -> brothel, bawdy-house
Casa de sanidad -> office of the board of health
Guardar la casa -> to stay at home
Hacer su cas -> (Met.), to raise or aggrandize one’s own family
No tener casa ni hogar -> to have neither house nor home
Poner casa -> to establish house, to begin housekeeping
Ponerle a uno casa -> to furnish a house for another
Ser muy de casa -> to be very intimate in a house, to be on familiar terms
Casa del Señor, de Dio -> or de oración, church or temple
Casa Santa -> Church of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalen
Casa de alquiler -> block of flats
Casa de baños -> public baths
Casas baratas -> low-costing housing
Casa de citas -> brothel
Casa consistorial -> city hall
Casa de correos -> post office
Casa cuna -> nursery
Casa de maternidad -> maternity hospital
Un complejo como una casa -> a massive complex
Casa y comida -> board and lodging
Casa paterna -> parent’s house
Es una casa alegre -> it’s a happy home
Ir a casa -> go home
Estar en casa -> to be at home
Zapatos de andar por casa -> shoes for wearing around the house
Ser de la casa -> to be like one of the family
Echar la casa por la ventana -> to go to enormous expense
Empezar la casa por el tejado -> to put the cart before the horse
Cada uno manda en su casa -> one’s home is one’s castle
Sentirse como en casa -> to feel at home
Casa bancaria -> banking house
Casa editorial -> publishing house; Casa Blanca, White House
Casa real -> royal house

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