casual

casual
adj.
1 accidental.
un encuentro casual a chance encounter
2 casual, accidental, chance, occasional.
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casual
► adjetivo
1 accidental, chance
■ muchos descubrimientos surgen de forma casual many discoveries are made purely by chance
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FRASEOLOGÍA
por un casual familiar just by chance, by any chance
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adj.
1) chance
2) fortuitous
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1. ADJ
1) (=fortuito) chance antes de s

un encuentro casual — a chance encounter

es un hecho casual y aislado — it's an isolated, chance happening

su éxito no es casual, sino fruto del trabajo — his success cannot be put down to chance but is the product of hard work

el descubrimiento de la obra fue casual — the work was discovered by chance

nada es casual — nothing happens by chance

de forma o manera casual — by chance

no es casual que ... — it's no coincidence that ...

2) (Ling) case antes de s

desinencia casual — case ending

2.
SM

por un casual — * by any chance

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I
adjetivo chance (before n)
II
masculino

por un casual — (fam) by any chance

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= incidental, unintended, fortuitous, serendipitous, accidental.
Ex. The abstracts of research papers will typically represent incidental findings (e.g. properties, side-effects, important inconsistencies in arguments or deductions, newly discovered data sources).
Ex. However, membership of the European Community means that UK bussinesses are increasingly vulverable to NTBs, deliberate or unintended, which are determined on a Community basis.
Ex. A stickler for details, sometimes to the point of compulsion, Edmonds was deemed a fortuitous choice to head the monumental reorganization process.
Ex. The help given by libraries to children can be formal, informal or serendipitous.
Ex. The user is liable for any accidental or unintentional transmission.
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* de un modo casual = in a by-the-way fashion.
* hecho casual = coincidence, chance happening.
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I
adjetivo chance (before n)
II
masculino

por un casual — (fam) by any chance

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= incidental, unintended, fortuitous, serendipitous, accidental.

Ex: The abstracts of research papers will typically represent incidental findings (e.g. properties, side-effects, important inconsistencies in arguments or deductions, newly discovered data sources).

Ex: However, membership of the European Community means that UK bussinesses are increasingly vulverable to NTBs, deliberate or unintended, which are determined on a Community basis.
Ex: A stickler for details, sometimes to the point of compulsion, Edmonds was deemed a fortuitous choice to head the monumental reorganization process.
Ex: The help given by libraries to children can be formal, informal or serendipitous.
Ex: The user is liable for any accidental or unintentional transmission.
* de un modo casual = in a by-the-way fashion.
* hecho casual = coincidence, chance happening.

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casual1
adjective
chance (before n)
fue un encuentro casual it was a chance encounter, we met by chance
casual2
masculine
por un casual (fam); by any chance
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casual adjetivo
chance (before n)
casual
I adjetivo accidental, chance
♦ Locuciones: familiar por un casual, by anychance: ¿sabrías por un casual el teléfono de Luis?, do you know Luis' telephone number, by any chance?
II m fam chance
'casual' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desenfadada
- desenfadado
- despreocupada
- despreocupado
- eventual
- informal
- ocasional
- vestida
- vestido
- deportivo
- estilo
- sport
English:
casual
- coincidental
- eventual
- meeting
- nonchalant
- passing
- rakish
- sport
- sports
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casual
♦ adj
accidental;
un encuentro casual a chance encounter
♦ nm
Fam
por un casual by any chance
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casual
adj chance atr
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casual adj
1) fortuito: fortuitous, accidental
2) Mex : casual (of clothing)
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casual adj chance / accidental
un encuentro casual a chance meeting

Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.

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