caer

=

to fall

verb

caer

intransitive verb

1. to fall (hacia abajo); to fall out (diente, pelo)

tropezó y cayó al suelo -> she tripped and fell (over o down)
caer de un tejado/árbol -> to fall from a roof/tree
caer rodando por la escalera -> to fall down the stairs
dejar caer algo -> to drop something (objeto)

2. to fall (lluvia, nieve)

cayeron cuatro gotas -> there were a few spots of rain

3. to go down, to set (sol)

al caer el día o la tarde -> at dusk
al caer el sol -> at sunset

4. (estar, quedar)

cae cerca de aquí -> it's not far from here (peninsular Spanish)
eso cae fuera de mis competencias -> that is o falls outside my remit

5. (darse cuenta)

caer (en algo) -> to be able to remember (something) (recordar)
no dije nada porque no caí -> I didn't say anything because it didn't occur to me to do so
¡ahora caigo! -> I see it now!; (lo entiendo) now I remember! (lo recuerdo)
no caigo -> I give up, I don't know (peninsular Spanish)
caer en la cuenta -> to realize, to understand (entender)

6. (coincidir) (fecha)

caeren -> to fall on
cae en domingo -> it falls on a Sunday

7. to fall for it (picar) (en trampa, broma)

8. to drop in (visitar) (Am)

9. (expresiones)

caer (muy) bajo -> to sink (very) low
caer bien/mal -> to go down well/badly (comentario, noticia)
me cae bien/mal -> I like/don't like him (persona)
caer sobre alguien -> to pounce o fall upon somebody (ladrón)
la desgracia cayó sobre él -> he was overtaken by misfortune
se proseguirá con la investigación caiga quien caiga -> the investigation will proceed no matter who might be implicated o even if it means that heads will roll
dejarse caer por casa de alguien -> to drop by somebody's house
dejar caer que -> to let drop that (comentar)
estar al caer -> to be about to arrive; (persona) to be about to happen (acontecimiento)

caerse

pronomial verb

1. to fall over o down (persona)

caerse de algo -> to fall from something

2. to drop, to fall (objeto); to fall (árbol)

se me cayó el libro -> I dropped the book

3. to fall out (diente, pelo); to fall off (botón); to fall down (cuadro)

se me ha caído un diente -> one of my teeth has fallen out

4. to fall down (falda, pantalones)

se te caen los pantalones -> your trousers are falling down

5. to go down (informal) (computing) (red de ordenadores)

la red se ha caído -> the network is down

caer [cah-err']

verb neuter

1. To fall to the ground, to tumble down: to lighten. (n)

El edificio se está cayendo -> the building is falling down
Cayó un rayo en la torre -> the tower was struck by lighting

2. To lose one’s situation, fortune, or influence. (n)

3. To fall into an error or danger. (n)

4. To deviate from the right road, or to take the wrong one. (Metaphorical) (n)

5. To fall due: as instalments or payments of debts. (Metaphorical) (n)

6. To fall, to decrease, to decline, to come into any state of weakness, misery, etc. 7. (n)

7. To fall, to befall, to happen to, to come to pass. (n)

8. To die. (n)

9. To fall, to yield, to surrender. (Military) (n)

10. To decline, to approach the end. (n)

La luz cae -> the light declines
El día cae -> the day is drawing to a close

11. To be situated. (n)

Caer a esta parte -> to be situated on this side
Las ventanas caen al río -> the windows overlook the river; caer a la mar, (Naut.) To fall overboard
Caer de espaldas -> to fall backward
Caer en la cuenta -> to bethink oneself, to see the point, to correct one’s habits
No caer en las cosas -> not to comprehend a thing
Caerse de sueño -> to fall asleep
Caer bien alguna cosa -> to fit, to suit, to become
Este color cae bien con este otro -> this color is well matched with the other
Caer en cama -> to become sick
Caer en alguna cosa -> to remember or obtain knowledge of a thing
Caer en gracia -> to please, to be agreeable
Caer la balanza -> to be partial
Caerse a pedazos -> to be very fatigued, or very foolish
Caerse de ánimo -> to be dejected
Caerse de risa -> to shake with laughter
Al caer de la hoja -> at the fall of the leaf, about the end of fall
Dejar caer alguna cosa en la conversación -> to drop something, in the course of conversation
Caer en ello -> to understand or comprehend a thing
Estar a la que cae -> to be alert
Ya caigo en ello -> now I have it
Estar al caer -> to be arriving
Caérsele a uno la cara de vergüenza -> to blush deeply with shame

12. To fall, to lie, to be located. (n)

Cae en el segundo tomo -> it comes in the second volume

13. To fall due. (Commerce) (m & n)

14. Caer a (herencia), to fall to, to come to. (m & n)

15. No me cae bien (impresión), I don’t like him at all. (m & n)

16. Caer mal a (comida), to disagree with. (m & n)

17. (Cono Sur) To come by, to visit, to drop in. (m & n)

Suele caer por aquí -> he often comes here

To fall to one’s lot.

Verb Conjugation for "caer"

Infinitive: caer

Gerund: cayendo

Participle: caído

	Presente	Pretérito	Imperfect	Futuro	Subjuntivo
Yo	caigo	caí	caía	caeré	caiga
Tú	caes	caíste	caías	caerás	caigas
Ella/Él/Usted	cae	cayó	caía	caerá	caiga
Nosotros	caemos	caímos	caíamos	caeremos	caigamos
Vosotros	caéis	caísteis	caíais	caeréis	caigáis
Ellos/Ustedes	caen	cayeron	caían	caerán	caigan

Complete caer conjugation

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