caer en la cuenta
Spanish, verb/kaˌeɾ en la ˈkwenta/
caer en la cuenta is a Spanish verb meaning “to get it, to have the penny drop” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does caer en la cuenta mean in English?
verb
- 1
to get it, to have the penny drop
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of caer en la cuenta
- caigo en la cuenta first-person present singular
- caí en la cuenta first-person preterite singular
- caído en la cuenta participle past
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caer en la cuenta?
- /kaˌeɾ en la ˈkwenta/
- [kaˌeɾ ẽn la ˈkwẽn̪.t̪a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.