caer
Spanish, verb/kaˈeɾ/
caer is a Spanish verb meaning “to fall (to move to a lower position due to gravity)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Moverse de arriba hacia abajo por efecto de la fuerza de gravedad”.
What does caer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fall (to move to a lower position due to gravity)
- 2
to fall (to come down, to drop, to descend)
La lluvia cae más fuerte que antes.
- 3
to fall down, to collapse (to fall to the ground)
- 4
to fall out (to come out of something by falling)
El pelo dañado puede caerse.
- 5
to fall into, to fall for; to be ensnared by
caer en la trampa
- 6
to fall into (to enter a negative state)
- 7
to fall, to collapse (to be overthrown or defeated)
El imperio romano cayó poco a poco.
- 8
to get (to understand)
No caigo.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Moverse de arriba hacia abajo por efecto de la fuerza de gravedad. 2. Ir al suelo por haber perdido el equilibrio. 3. Descender ligeramente por efecto del propio peso. 4. Liberarse o soltarse una cosa de donde estaba sujeta.
verb: 1. Dejar o hacer caer. 2. Desviarse del rumbo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of caer
- caigo first-person present singular
- caí first-person preterite singular
- caído participle past
- cayendo gerund
- caída feminine participle past
- caídos masculine participle past
- caídas feminine participle past
- caes indicative informal present
- caés indicative informal present
- cae indicative present singular
- caemos first-person indicative plural
- caéis indicative plural present
- caen indicative plural present
- caía first-person imperfect indicative
- caías imperfect indicative second-person
- caíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- caíais imperfect indicative plural
- caían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caer?
- /kaˈeɾ/
- [kaˈeɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caer in Spanish?
caer appears 52 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).