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caer.

to fall (to move to a lower position due to gravity)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/kaˈeɾ/[kaˈeɾ]
  1. to fall (to move to a lower position due to gravity)

    intransitive · reflexive
  2. to fall (to come down, to drop, to descend)

    intransitive
    La lluvia cae más fuerte que antes.
  3. to fall down, to collapse (to fall to the ground)

    intransitive · reflexive
  4. to fall out (to come out of something by falling)

    intransitive · reflexive
    El pelo dañado puede caerse.
  5. to fall into, to fall for; to be ensnared by

    intransitive
    caer en la trampa
  6. to fall into (to enter a negative state)

    intransitive
  7. to fall, to collapse (to be overthrown or defeated)

    intransitive
    El imperio romano cayó poco a poco.
  8. to get (to understand)

    intransitive
    No caigo.
  9. to be granted, awarded, or given (potentially by chance)

    intransitive
    Le cayó una multa hoy.
  10. to fall under (to belong to for purposes of categorization)

    intransitive
  11. to fall on (to occur on a particular day)

    intransitive
  12. (e.g. of a website) to go down

    intransitive · reflexive
  13. to drop

    dialectal · nonstandard · proscribed · transitive
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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