causa - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ Spanish Dictionary

Possible base forms

causa
causar (Verb)

Nouns

matter	la causa
reason	la causa
cause	la causa
ground	la causa
causation	la causa
motive	la causa
source	la causa
case   - situation	la causa
account   - reason	la causa
agent   - cause	la causa
base   - main part, necessary part	la causa
object   - cause	la causa
case [LAW]	la causa
proceedings plural noun [LAW]	la causa

Prepositions / Pronouns

because of	a causa de que
due to	a causa de
as a result of	a causa de
by dint of	a causa de
by reason of	a causa de
by virtue of	a causa de
due to sth.	a causa de
in virtue of	a causa de
owing to	a causa de
thanks to	a causa de
due to the fact that	a causa de que ...
over (of)   - on account of  prep.	a causa de
cause   - short for "because"  conj. [coll.]	a causa de que ...
cos   or: 'cos, coz   - short for "because"  conj.   chiefly  (Brit.) [coll.]	a causa de que ...

Adjectives / Adverbs

why  adv.	por qué causa   - interrogativo
common-cause  adj.	por causa común
due to illness	por causa de enfermedad
knowledgeably  adv.	con conocimiento (de causa)
on behalf of which	por su causa
wherefore  adv.  conj. [form.]   archaic	por cuya causa
wherefore  adv.  conj. [form.]   archaic	¿por qué causa?   - interrogativo

Verbs

to cause sth.  | caused, caused |	ser la causa de algo   - accidente, etc.
to cause sth.  | caused, caused |	causar algo
to provoke sth.  | provoked, provoked |   - cause reaction	causar algo
to make trouble	causar problemas
to arouse sth.  | aroused, aroused |	causar algo
to bring sth. ⇔  about  | brought, brought |	causar algo
to bring forth sth.  | brought, brought |	causar algo
to bring sth. ⇔  on  | brought, brought |	causar algo
to create sth.  | created, created |	causar algo
to effect sth.  | effected, effected |	causar algo
to elicit  | elicited, elicited |	causar algo
to entail sth.	causar algo
to involve sth.  | involved, involved |	causar algo
to make for sth.  | made, made |	causar algo

Examples

The reason for the delay was a technical issue.	La causa del retraso fue un problema técnico.
The government had to take action because of high unemployment.	El gobierno tuvo que tomar medidas a causa de la elevada tasa de paro.
I don't want to cause you any trouble.	No quiero causarte ningún fastidio.
The storm caused severe flooding in the area.	La borrasca causó graves inundaciones en la zona.
The storm lasted for hours, causing major delays.	El temporal duró horas, causando grandes retrasos.

Phrases / Collocations

to banter so.  | bantered, bantered |	tomar el pelo a alguien a causa de algo [fig.] [coll.]
to banter with so.	tomar el pelo a alguien a causa de algo [fig.] [coll.]
to frighten so.  | frightened, frightened |	causar miedo a alguien
to beggar so.  | beggared, beggared |	causar la ruina de alguien
to carry weight	causar buen efecto
create a good impression	causar una buena impresión

Orthographically similar words

Cauca, causal, cause, Hausa

Casa, casa, casal, casar, casia, caspa, casta, causal, causar, cuspa, hausa, pausa

Related search terms

motivo, fundamento, cosa, porqué, por, razón, debido, pleito, móvil, asunto, consecuencia, causal, litigio