Verb of the week: "Caer" up close and personal.

Question

From the book, Breaking Out of Beginner's Spanish Add all you want, have fun with it

It means "to fall,"of course, and "to drop" when used reflexively (caerse): Se me cayó el vaso = "I dropped the glass." It's also very frequently heard in the phrases caer bien and caer mal to express likes and dislikes. You may also run across caer for "to visit unexpectedly" or "to drop in on." Te caigo en la tarde is an informal way of saying "I'll drop in on you in the afternoon." Sometimes it's used to suggest that someone's arrival was not only unexpected but also unwelcome. "What are your in-laws doing here?" might be answered by *Es que me cayeron ("They just kind of showed up").

Answer 1

Related word: la caída = (noun) fall, tumble,spill, drop, slip, failure, blunder

a la caída de la noche = nightfall

a la caída de sol = sunset

caída de agua = waterfall

caída radiactiva = radioactive fallout

Answer 2

I also like how "caer" can be used in expressions just like "me doy cuenta" (I realized).

Taken from the SpanishDict section on "caer".....

(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!

no caigo -> I give up, I don't know (peninsular Spanish)

caer en la cuenta -> to realize, to understand (entender)

Answer 3

Ella me cae pesada.

She's annoying.

Answer 4

Now it is the verb of the weekend Look forward to "cambiar" next

Answer 5

Bumping up for others to see and use

Answer 6

Caer de narices to fall on one's nose (lit) To fall on one's face

A situation that occurs quite regularly to me when I try to impress someone with my Spanish. It seems to backfire and Caigo de narices

Answer 7

No tengo no caido este invierno. Sera muy mal a caer de hielo. ¡Mi perro te gusta correr mucho, mucho, en nevados !
I have not fallen this winter. It will be very bad to fall on ice. My dog really likes to run in the snows.

No tengo no caido? No me he caído? I don't understand your phrase. - 0074b507, Feb 12, 2010

Answer 8

"No nos dejes caer en tentación...."

"Lead us not into temptation...."

A rather "loose" translation (albeit sanctioned by time). - samdie, Feb 10, 2010

Answer 9

Unos días antes de navidad caí de mi barco en el agua. A few days before christmas I fell from my boat into the water.

me caí del barco , [YO] me caí can also be "me caí de mi barco" - juluque, Feb 9, 2010

However, I finished up with a very bad cold all christmas but could have been worse, I could have drowned I had a struggle to get back aboard. - kenwilliams, Feb 9, 2010

Answer 10

very nice. want to add more phrases using caer.

Me cayó padre esa persona (mexico) I liked that person.

Me cai de culo cuando vi su nuevo auto. (argentina) I drop of my (butt) when I saw his new car. (meaning I was highly surprised or impressed)

jejeje..."drop of my butt". Now That's original! :-) - Dee914, Feb 9, 2010

Answer 11

José me cae bien. = I like José.

José me cae mal. = I don't like José.

José me cae gordo. (slang) = I can't stand José.

The first two are widely used as far as I know. It's the only way I know to say that you like someone without suggesting that you are interested in them. If I were to say "José me gusta." I better hope that his girlfriend doesn't hear it but "José me cae bien." would be ok. The third is slang that I've heard from Mexicans and I've been told that it's a stronger form of dislike than a simple "me cae mal."