cosa?

What does it mean and how is it used in sentences as a pronoun and a noun?

Answers

makesi answered 02 Dec 11

what

Salvatore Saja answered 02 Dec 11

"Cosa" can be translated as

"What"
[ In direct and indirect interrogative sentences and
exclamatory sentences ]

or

"Thing"

or

"Matter"

But there are other meanings too, such as "Something" / "Anything" [ In this case, "Cosa" is used as "Qualcosa", which is a compund form of "Cosa" ] or "Which".

"Che" can be used next to "Cosa", when it means "What" or "Which".

e.g.:

"(Che) cosa vuoi?" = "What do you want?"

"Ho un paio di cose da fare" = "I’ve got a couple of things to do"

"Dimmi una cosa" = "Tell me something"

"È stato licenziato, cosa che non sapevo" = "He was fired, which I didn’t know"

"Non è una cosa da ridere" = "It isn't a laughing matter"

If you need more examples, just ask. ;)