coisa.
thing (a physical object, entity, or situation)
Meaning & usage
thing (a physical object, entity, or situation)
Aconteceu uma coisa bastante estranha ontem à noite.
Comprei umas coisas com o salário desse mês.
thingamajig; gizmo, thingy (something whose name is unknown)
Dá-me aquela coisa.
Where this word comes from
Alteration of cousa, from Old Galician-Portuguese cousa, from Latin causa (“cause, reason”), meaning "thing" in Late and Vulgar Latin. Doublet of causa, a learned borrowing. Compare Galician cousa, Spanish, Italian, and Catalan cosa, and French chose.
inflection of coisar: third-person singular present indicative
inflection of coisar: second-person singular imperative
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