caer

Sentences

Esta ceniza al caer tiene la consistencia de la harina .

This falling ash has the consistency of flour.

El archiduque Guillermo , gran aficionado a la equitación , murió al caer de un caballo
🐴

.

Archduke William, a great fan of horseback riding, died after falling from a horse.

Las nieves son escasas y de producirse suelen caer en enero .

Snow is scarce and if it occurs, it usually falls in January.

(intransitive, reflexive) to fall (to move to a lower position due to gravity)
(intransitive) to fall (to come down, to drop, to descend)
(intransitive, reflexive) to fall down, to collapse (to fall to the ground)
(intransitive, reflexive) to fall out (to come out of something by falling)
(intransitive) to fall into, to fall for; to be ensnared by
(intransitive) to fall into (to enter a negative state)
(intransitive) to fall, to collapse (to be overthrown or defeated)
(intransitive) to get (to understand)
(intransitive) to be granted, awarded, or given (potentially by chance)
(intransitive) to fall under (to belong to for purposes of categorization)
(intransitive) to fall on (to occur on a particular day)

pounce on

rush into

see ya caigo

tumble down

falls

alight

fall down accidentally

hacer caer

columpearse

lizar

querer conquistar a otra persona

desguabayar

πέφτω

s’effondrer

Frequency

Hyphenated as

ca‧er

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kaˈeɾ/

Inherited from Latin

cado

Cognate with Portuguese

cair

Cognate with Galician

caer

Cognate with French

choir

In summary

Inherited from Late Latin cadēre, from Latin cadĕre. Compare Portuguese cair, Galician caer, French choir.

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caer

Sentences

Esta ceniza al caer tiene la consistencia de la harina .

El archiduque Guillermo , gran aficionado a la equitación , murió al caer de un caballo
🐴

.

Las nieves son escasas y de producirse suelen caer en enero .

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