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:

coisar

1. (colloquial) A placeholder verb used when the speaker does not remember a specific verb, and whose meaning can be inferred through context.
2. (colloquial, humorous) to boink, to bonk (have sexual intercourse)

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Concepts

thing

affair

stuff

matter

object

thingamajig

doohickey

gimmick

gizmo

item

something

subject

article

whatchamacallit

doodad

product

question

❓

thingumajig

business

doojigger

case

whatchamacallum

thingumabob

thingummy

thingy

ware

commodity

widget

gadget

gubbins

gismo

thingamabob

issue

whatsis

thingmabob

thingmajig

Synonyms

negócio

troço

assunto

complemento

cousa

artigo

objecto

objeto

mercadoria

questão

❓

receito

coisas

cacareco

caso

causa

fato

fazenda

ferramenta

instrumento

matéria

Translations

cosa

chose

cosa

ding

Ding

truc

Sache

cosa

machin

πράγμα

voorwerp

شيء

Angelegenheit

res

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkoj.zɐ/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: causa

Cognate with Galician: cousa

Cognate with French: chose

In summary

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?

Isso não era promissor ou ter qualquer coisa .

This wasn't promising or having anything.