English-Spanish translations for cause

• causa
  El caso de Shalit es nuestra causa, una causa europea. The case of Shalit is our cause, a European cause.
  Pero hay que atacar la causa, no el sistema. Attack the cause, not the system.
  Corremos el riesgo de confundir causa y efecto. We risk confusing cause and effect.
• causar
  Pueden causar una sobrevaloración de las monedas. It can cause over-evaluation of currencies.
  Eso podría causar problemas con las enmiendas. That could cause problems with the amendments.
  Esto nos causaría graves problemas. That would cause huge problems.
• culpa
  ¿Deberíamos dejar de producir vino por culpa del alcoholismo? Should we stop producing wines because of alcoholism?
  Los conflictos desastrosamente violentos son ocasionados por la pobreza y la pobreza es culpa del Occidente rico. The disastrous, violent conflicts are caused by poverty, and poverty is caused by the rich West.
  El coste de poder hacer esto aumenta por culpa de Estrasburgo. The cost of being able to do this increases because of Strasbourg.
• expediente
  Todo el expediente sobre el IVA continúa preocupándome. The whole VAT dossier continues to cause me concern.
  El expediente que nos ocupa ha levantado una gran polvareda. The issue we are debating today has caused a huge stir.
  Lo que muchos de nosotros pensamos que sería un expediente que no causaría muchos problemas ha resultado ser mucho más complicado de lo que creíamos. What many of us felt at the beginning would be a dossier which would not cause us much of a problem turned out to be an awful lot more tricky than we thought.
• inferir
• juicio
  Es posible que el juicio de la Comisión sobre las enmiendas le haga pasar una mala noche. Perhaps the Commission's opinion on the amendments may yet cause her a sleepless night.
• pleito
  Como todos sabemos, no sirve prácticamente de nada ganar pleitos después de años de negociaciones si el daño al medio ambiente ya está causado. Because as we all know, there is not a great deal of point in winning court cases after years of discussions, if the damage to the environment has already been done.
• proceso
  Fue el resultado de la conmoción causada por el proceso de Niza. It was the result of the shock caused by the Nice process.
  La seguridad nuclear en el proceso de ampliación constituye un importante motivo de preocupación. Nuclear safety in the enlargement process is a major cause for concern.
  En primer lugar, por los resultados alcanzados, aunque también por la celeridad del proceso. Firstly because of the results achieved, but also because it was done so quickly.

Definition of cause

• The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result
• Sufficient reason for a state, as of emotion
• A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends
• Sake; interest; advantage
• Any subject of discussion or debate; a matter; an affair
• A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action
• To set off an event or action
• To actively produce as a result, by means of force or authority
• To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse

Examples

• They identified a burst pipe as the cause of the flooding
• There is no cause for alarm
• The end of the war was a cause for celebration
• The lightning caused thunder
• His dogged determination caused the fundraising to be successful

Related words

• 'cause
• because
• causerie
• causeway
• caused
• causer
• causeless
• uncaused
• self-caused