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caído(
kah
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doh
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adjective
1. (not upright) 
a. fallen 
El leñador usó el árbol caído para hacer leña.The woodcutter chopped up the fallen tree to make firewood.
2. (hanging downward) 
a. drooping (eyelids, breasts, or shoulders) 
Los párpados caídos de la niña le están afectando la visión.The little girl's drooping eyelids are affecting her vision.
b. sagging (skin or breasts) 
Hay ejercicios que se pueden hacer para levantar los pechos caídos.There are exercises you can do to lift sagging breasts.
c. rounded (shoulders) 
Pablo tiene los hombros caídos por encorvarse frente a la computadora.Pablo has rounded shoulders from slouching over his computer.
3. (dead) 
a. fallen 
Habrá una ceremonia para honrar a los soldados caídos.A ceremony will be held to honor the fallen soldiers.
b. no direct translation 
Hubo un policía caído durante el tiroteo.A policeman was shot dead during the shooting.
Javier me habló de su hijo Estebán, caído en el frente de batalla.Javier spoke to me about his son Esteban, who had died on the battlefront.
4. (fashion) 
a. cowl (neck) 
Pilar se compró un suéter muy bonito con el cuello caídoPilar bought herself a very pretty sweater with a cowl neck.
b. draped (neckline) 
Hay un vestido rosa de escote caído que me encanta.There's a pink dress with a draped neckline that I love.
c. low (neckline) 
Victoria vestía una blusa roja de escote caído.Victoria was wearing a red blouse with a low neckline.
caídos
plural noun
5. (dead people) 
a. fallen 
Se construyó un monumento en honor a los caídos.A monument was built to honor the fallen.
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caído
adjective
1. (árbol, hoja) 
a. fallen 
2. (decaído) 
a. low 
Noun
3. (general) 
a. no direct translation 
los caídosthe fallen
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caído
adjective
(gen) fallen; [+cabeza] hanging; [+hombros] drooping; [+cuello] turndown; [+flor etc] limp; drooping
estar caído de sueño to be dead tired
1 (muerto)
los caídos the fallen; los caídos por España (en el bando franquista) those who died for Spain; monumento a los caídos war memorial; monument to the fallen
2 (México) (soborno) backhander (familiar); sweetener (familiar)
Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
Phrases with "caído"
Here are the most popular phrases with "caído." Click the phrases to see the full entry.
he caído
I've succumbed
ser como maná caído del cielo
to be manna from heaven
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