caure

Meaning

  1. (intransitive) to fall (to come down, to drop, to descend)
  2. (intransitive) to fall (to move to a lower position due to gravity)
  3. to fall (upon) (to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance)
  4. to fall into (to go into something by falling)
  5. (intransitive) to fall into (to enter a negative state)
  6. (intransitive) to fall into, to fall for; to be ensnared by
  7. (intransitive) to fall down, to collapse (to fall to the ground)
  8. (intransitive) to fall (to become)
  9. (intransitive) to fall, to collapse (to be overthrown or defeated)
  10. (intransitive) to be granted or awarded
  11. (intransitive) to fall on (to occur on a particular day)

Frequency

A2
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈkaw.ɾə]
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old Catalan caure, from Latin cadere, from Proto-Italic *kadō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d- (“to fall”). Old Catalan also had a variant caér, from a Late Latin variant cadēre.

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