casa
home, place
noun KAH-zah Rare
Origin: From Spanish/Italian 'casa' (house), from Latin 'casa' (hut).
Usage Note
Casa is informal and colloquial in French, borrowed from Spanish or Italian and used in casual speech to mean 'home' or 'place', as in à la casa (at home). It is typical of informal registers and youth slang, and would sound out of place in formal writing. The standard equivalents are maison or chez moi.
Examples
"On se retrouve à la casa ce soir."
Natural Translation
We meet up at home tonight.

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