caer.
to fall (to move to a lower position due to gravity)
Meaning & usage
to fall (to move to a lower position due to gravity)
to fall (to come down, to drop, to descend)
La lluvia cae más fuerte que antes.
to fall down, to collapse (to fall to the ground)
to fall out (to come out of something by falling)
El pelo dañado puede caerse.
to fall into, to fall for; to be ensnared by
caer en la trampa
to fall into (to enter a negative state)
to fall, to collapse (to be overthrown or defeated)
El imperio romano cayó poco a poco.
to get (to understand)
No caigo.
to be granted, awarded, or given (potentially by chance)
Le cayó una multa hoy.
to fall under (to belong to for purposes of categorization)
to fall on (to occur on a particular day)
(e.g. of a website) to go down
to drop
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱad- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *ḱádeti Proto-Italic *kadō Classical Latin cadō Late Latin cadeō Old Spanish caer Spanish caer Inherited from Old Spanish caer, from Late Latin cadēre, from Classical Latin cadere. Cognate with French choir, Galician caer, Portuguese cair.
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