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How to say "house" in Spanish

"House" in Spanish is casa, pronounced KAH-sah (stress on the syllable in capitals). It is a feminine noun (la casa, plural las casas).

Pronunciation is spelled out in English, one syllable at a time, with the stressed syllable in capitals. The speaker button uses your browser's built-in Spanish voice. Gender and plural: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

How to pronounce casa

Casa is pronounced KAH-sah, in IPA /ˈkasa/. Casa has two syllables, KAH-sah, with the stress on the first. There is no written accent because the word follows the basic rule: words ending in a vowel, -n or -s are stressed on the second-to-last syllable.

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Is casa masculine or feminine?

Casa is feminine, so it takes la (the) and una (a): la casa. The plural is las casas. That fits the usual pattern: most nouns ending in -a are feminine.

Example sentences

Mi casa es tu casa
my house is your house

Mi casa es grande.
My house is big.

Mi casa es pequeña.
My house is small.

"House" in Spain and Latin America

Regional words and roots: Diccionario de la lengua española (RAE). Spanish varies by region, so treat these as the most common patterns, not strict rules.

How to remember casa

casa [KAH-sah] sounds like the English “casino”. Picture this:

Your house turns into a casino at night: the kitchen table spins like a roulette wheel.

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Word web: casa

Words that live next to casa in the Palabra word web, each with its own English sound-alike and scene. Learning them together makes each one easier to recall.