case in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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case1 [Am keɪs, Brit keɪs] N

1. case (matter):

case
caso m
the Greene case
el caso Greene
police are investigating several cases of fraud
la policía está investigando varios casos de estafa
to dismiss a case
sobreseer una causa
to hear a case
conocer de una causa
to lose/win a case
perder/ganar un pleito or juicio
the workers' case has been taken up by the papers
los periódicos se han hecho eco de la causa de los obreros
an open-and-shut case
un caso claro
an open-and-shut case
un caso que no tiene vuelta de hoja
to be on sb's case Am
estar encima de alguien
he's been on my case ever since
desde entonces ha estado encima de mí
get off my case!
¡déjame tranquilo or en paz!
to make a federal case out of sth Am inf
hacer un drama de algo

3. case (instance, situation):

case
caso m
a clear case of bias
un caso claro de parcialidad
it was a case of love at first sight
fue el clásico flechazo
it was a case of love at first sight
fue el caso típico de amor a primera vista
it was a case of doing what we were told
era cuestión de hacer lo que se nos mandara
in Martin's case , in the case of Martin
en el caso de Martin
in her case
en su caso
a case in point
un ejemplo que viene al caso
a case in point
un caso puntual
in most cases
en la mayoría de los casos
as the case may be
según (sea) el caso
in no case form
bajo or en ninguna circunstancia
he won't go — in that case, neither will I
no quiere ir — (pues) en ese caso, yo tampoco
that is the case
así es
that is the case
esa es la cuestión
if that's the case
si es así
that's not the case
no es así
that's the case with him too
a él le pasa lo mismo
in that case, I'm not interested
en ese caso, no me interesa
it is less common than used to be the case
es menos frecuente de lo que solía ser

I.case2 [Am keɪs, Brit keɪs] N

II.case2 [Am keɪs, Brit keɪs] VB trans sl

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While her husband sulked or withdrew with hurt pride from a situation, she came to the forefront to plead his case or cause.
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These types are designed for reliability, and, in case of failure, to fail safely (open-, rather than short-circuit).
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In the case of dynamic recoding, perhaps only a single recoder is required, and then the network caches the new transcoding.
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Because the case seemed to have been solved, no post-mortem examination was ordered.
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In either case the penetration depth is found directly from the imaginary part of the material's refractive index as is detailed above.
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Thus, the spouse given custody (or the spouse with the greater share of residence time in the case of joint custody), may receive assets to compensate their greater child-care expenses.
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Rather than face a protracted legal case with an uncertain outcome, the board voted to accept women as members in 1990.
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In such case there is little, if any, justification for determining objective arbitrability in accordance with the lex fori.
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As the primary legal resource for the state government, it also has a collection of case law from all fifty states.
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In this case, the actual covers for each album was a photo of the studio master tape along with the engineer's log sheet.
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