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recaer

Spanish, verb/rekaˈeɾ/

recaer is a Spanish verb meaning “to fall to; to fall on (as in, blame or responsibility)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Caer nuevamente”.

What does recaer mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to fall to; to fall on (as in, blame or responsibility)

  2. 2

    to relapse

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Caer nuevamente. 2. Regresar un enfermo a los sintomas o padecimientos de los que ya se había recuperando.

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 recaer

  • recaigo first-person present singular
  • recaí first-person preterite singular
  • recaído participle past
  • recayendo gerund
  • recaída feminine participle past
  • recaídos masculine participle past
  • recaídas feminine participle past
  • recaes indicative informal present
  • recaés indicative informal present
  • recae indicative present singular
  • recaemos first-person indicative plural
  • recaéis indicative plural present
  • recaen indicative plural present
  • recaía first-person imperfect indicative
  • recaías imperfect indicative second-person
  • recaíamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • recaíais imperfect indicative plural
  • recaían imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce recaer?

  • /rekaˈeɾ/
  • [re.kaˈeɾ]
  • [rekaˈeɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to recaer

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is recaer in Spanish?

recaer appears 1.2 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).