coisa

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) thing (a physical object, entity, or situation)
2. (feminine) thingamajig; gizmo, thingy (something whose name is unknown)

Verb

1. (form-of,indicative,present,singular,third-person) inflection of coisar:
2. (form-of,imperative,second-person,singular) inflection of coisar:

Hyphenated as

coi‧sa

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkoj.zɐ/

Etymology

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.

Sentences

Nós temos que fazer alguma coisa !

We have to do something!

Tudo começa com uma coisa .

It all starts with one thing.

Como você poderia pensar em tal coisa ?

How could you think of such a thing?

Muito provavelmente você já viu a mesma coisa .

Most likely you have seen the same thing.

Você precisa remover mais alguma coisa da parede antes de se mudar ?

Do you need to remove anything else from the wall before moving?

A coisa em si estava quase totalmente enterrada na areia .

The thing itself was almost entirely buried in the sand.

Isso não era promissor ou ter qualquer coisa .

This wasn't promising or having anything.

O infinito é uma coisa chata , nos dois sentidos da palavra .

Infinity is a boring thing, in both senses of the word.