case Significado & Definição

Significado de case em português

• 0 a large bag with a handle that you use for carrying clothes when you are travelling -- mala, valise, pasta

• 1 a container for storing or protecting something -- estojo

  • a pencil case

• 2 a particular situation or example of something -- caso

  • We usually ask for references, but in your case it will not be necessary.

• 3 something that is decided in a court of law -- causa

  • a divorce case

• 4 a crime that the police are trying to solve -- caso

  • a murder case

  • Local police have investigated 50 cases of burglary in the past month.

• 5 because something might happen -- caso, por precaução

  • Bring a chair in case we don’t have enough.

  • I don’t think it will rain, but I’ll bring an umbrella just in case.

• 6 in preparation for something happening -- em caso de algo

  • We keep a bucket of water here in case of fire.

• 7 to be true -- ser o caso

  • A poor diet can make you tired, but I don’t think that’s the case here.

• 8 used to give another reason for something you are saying, or that you have done -- em todo o caso

  • I don’t want to go, and in any case, I wasn’t invited.

• 9 because that is the situation -- neste caso

  • ‘Peter will be there.’ ‘Oh, in that case, I’ll come too.’