What does "cae cae balao" mean

Question

Its the title of a piece of guitar music and probably a dance

Thank you ,that's helpful - Veronica3781, Oct 12, 2017

Answer 1

I think it is cai cai balao (I have no ability to put the tilde for Portuguese)

Which I believe is a Brazilian maybe children's song?

My best guess would be fall fall balloon.

But I don't know Portuguese

Cae, Cae would be Spanish for fall, fall. But balao is not a Spanish word. The Spanish for balloon is globo. With the diminutive you can find:

Cae Cae Globito

Thank you ,that's helpful - Veronica3781, Oct 12, 2017

De nada. :) - bosquederoble, Oct 12, 2017

Answer 2

Hello Veronica

Welcome to SpanishDict

It is Portuguese and would be written correctly as: cai cai balão which means: fall fall, balloon. Bosque is right It is written in the imperative which means the person is commanding the balloon to fall down. It sounds like the sort of thing a young child would say!

The infinitive form of the verb in Portuguese is cair compared to caer in Spanish = to fall /fall down (español)

It could also well be the title of a "children's" song in Portuguese from Brazil

I took lessons from a native speaker from Brazil for about 2 years. I double checked the verb in my book 501 Portuguese verbs (Barrons' Educational books) by John J Nitti and Michael J Ferreira

I hope this helps