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case /keɪs/ sustantivo

(matter) caso m;
to lose/win a ~ (Law) perder^(conj.⇒)/ganar un pleito or juicio

1. (Med, Soc Adm) caso m
1. (eccentric) (colloq) caso m (fam)

(instance, situation) caso m;
if that's the ~ si es así;
in that ~, I'm not interested en ese caso, no me interesa

(in phrases) in any case de todas maneras or formas;
in case (as conj): make a note in ~ you forget apúntalo por si te olvidas;
just in case por si acaso

(argument): she has a good ~ sus argumentos son buenos;
there is a ~ for doing nothing hay razones para no hacer nada

1. (suit~) maleta f, valija f (RPl)
1. (attaché ~) maletín m
1. (crate) caja f, cajón m, jaba f (Chi, Per);
  (of wine, liquor) caja de 12 botellas
1. (hard container — for small objects) estuche f;
  (— for large objects) caja f;
  (soft container) funda f

case: case history~ history sustantivo (Med) historial m clínico, historia f clínica (AmL);
case study~ study sustantivo
estudio m

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case [keɪs] nombre
1   Med caso
     a case of smallpox, un caso de viruela
2   Jur caso
     to present a case, exponer un argumento
     a case of fraud, un caso de fraude
     the case for the prosecution, (los argumentos de) la acusación
3   situación
     in any case, en cualquier caso
     in case of, en caso de
     in that case, en ese caso
     (just) in case, por si acaso
4   Ling caso
5   (de vino, etc) caja
6   maleta
7   estuche
     cigarette case, pitillera
     pencil case, lapicero
     pillow case, funda de almohada
8   Tip lower case, minúscula
     upper case, mayúscula

Compound Forms:
attaché case	n		maletín
attaché case	n		portafolio
bad case			mal asunto nm
basket case		slang	caso perdido nm
battery case			caja de batería nf
cartridge case			estuche para cartuchos
cartridge case			cartuchera
case file			archivo de documentación
case file			documentación
case history		(Medicine) Medicina	historial
case in point	n	(helpful example)	buen ejemplo nm
Movies can encourage children to read. The Harry Potter series is a case in point.
case in question			el ejemplo que viene al caso
case in question			el caso en cuestión
case law			norma por precedentes judiciales nf
case law			jurisprudencia nf
case notes	npl		apuntes nmpl
case statement, sales arguments		GB	presentación nf
case study	n	(detailed individual example)	caso práctico nm
To assist you in understanding the translation process, I have prepared a case study of a book translation.
case work		(academic research)	estudio de antecedentes familiares o personales
cigar case	n	(case for carrying cigars)	cigarrera nf
He pulled a two finger cigar case out of his breast pocket and offered me one of the two cigars.
			purera nf
			paquete de puros nm
		México	portapuros nf
display case	n	(glass case for displaying items)	vitrina nf
The display case contained a valuable collection of antique jewellery.
En la papelería tenemos dos vitrinas grandes y dos pequeñas para la mercancía.
document case	n		portadocumentos
document case	n		valija para documentos
emergency case	n	(medicine) medicina	caso urgente nm
gear case		(motoring; also gear box) automovilismo	caja de cambios nf
glass case	n	para proteger las cosas del polvo	campana de cristal nf
glass case	n		fanal nm
glass case	n		vitrina nf
have a case			enamorarse v
have a case of			estar enfermo de v
head case	n	coloquial	chiflado nm
head case	n	coloquial	loco nm
head case	n	coloquial	majara nm
head case	n	coloquial	majareta nm
hopeless case			caso desesperado n
in any case			en cualquier caso
in case		(finance, computer science) informática	matrices variables
in case of			en caso de
in case that			en caso de que
in either case			en cualquier caso
in no case			en ningún caso
in that case			en ese caso
in this particular case			en este caso en particular
jewel case			carcasa para CD nf
jewel case			joyero nm
just in case			por si acaso
key case			cartera con llavero nf
lower case			minúscula adj, nf
lower-case letter			minúscula nf
make your case			plantear tu caso v
medicine case			caso médico nm
murder case	n	criminalística	caso de asesinato
open-and-shut case			caso obvio nm
packing case	n		cajón de embalaje nm
pastry case	n		cobertura de pasta nf
pencil case			estuche de lápices nm
prima facie case		(Law) Derecho	caso prima facie nm
problem case	n		caso problema nm
sad case			caso triste nm
special case			caso especial nm
state your case			exponer su caso v
test case		(Law) Derecho	caso de prueba nm
that being the case			dado eso
tool case			caja de herramientas
transfer case			caja de reenvío
typical case			caso típico nm
upper- case			mayúscula
violin case			caja de violín

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English:

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Spanish:

acaso - aparte - arreglo - cabeza - caja - caso - casquillo - ceñirse - comisionar - concreta - concreto - de - emergencia - encima - ser - estuche - eximente - forma - forro - funda - genitivo - genuina - genuino - historial - igualmente - joyera - joyero - jurisprudencia - maleta - manera - minúscula - minúsculo - mosca - no - nocturnidad - paliza - pitillera - si - sobreseer - suceder - tener - urna - vade - venir - alguno - alhajero - cajón - carátula - cartera - cartuchera

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