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The Portuguese word for home is
casa





home

Gender

The gender of casa is feminine. E.g. a casa.

Plural

The plural of casa is casas.

Portuguese Definition


home
     1. Adjetivo. interno
     2. Substantivo. lar, casa



Translations for home and their definitions

lar
     1. n-m. (affectionate) home (place or building where one dwells)
           Não há lugar como o nosso lar. - There is no place like home.
     2. n-m. hearth (place in a home for lighting fires)
     3. n-m. the surface of a baking oven


casa
     1. n-f. house
     2. n-f.          structure serving as an abode of human beings
                   Aquela casa é grande. - That house is big.
     3. n-f.          building or institution serving as something other than residence, such as a shop
                   Casa de carnes. - Butcher’s shop.
     4. n-f.          noble family
                   Casa de Bragança - House of Braganza
     5. n-f. home (one’s own dwelling place)
           Estou em casa. - I'm at home.
     6. n-f. (board games) a cell which may be occupied by a piece (such as a square in a chessboard)
           O peão está uma casa à direita do cavalo. - The pawn is one square to the right of the knight.
     7. n-f. a digit position
           No número 12345, o algarismo 3 ocupa a casa das centenas. - In the number 12345, the digit 3 is in the hundreds’ place.
     8. n-f. (slang) a destined place for shows or festive meetings
           A casa encheu por causa do espetáculo dele. - The place was full because of his show.
     9. v. verb form of casar


para casa
     1. adv. home; homewards (towards one’s home)


Terra
     1. Proper noun. Earth
     2. n-f. land; region; territory (area associated with something)
           Cuidado, essa é a terra dos caçadores de cabeças. - Be careful, that is the land of the headhunters.
     3. n-f. ground (the surface of the Earth outside buildings)
           Deixa essa pedra na terra. - Leave that rock on the ground.
     4. n-f. land; property (partitioned and measurable area owned by someone)
           Compramos uma terra para criar gado. - We bought land to raise cattle.
     5. n-f. (sailing) land; dry land; ground (places outside a body of water)
           Após meses de viagem, finalmente chegaram em terra. - After months of travel, they finally arrived on land.
     6. n-f. earth; soil (mixture of sand and organic material found on the ground)
           A camisa está suja de terra. - The shirt is dirty with soil.
     7. n-f. land; homeland
           Lá na minha terra tem muitas capivaras. - There are a lot of capybaras in my homeland.
     8. Proper noun. alternative case form of Terra
     9. v. verb form of terrar


em casa
     1. adv. home; at home (in one’s home)


habitat
     1. n-m. (biology) habitat (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives)


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