caíram
Portuguese, verb/kaˈi.ɾɐ̃w̃/
caíram is spelled C-A-Í-R-A-M (6 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,384th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caíram is a Portuguese verb meaning “third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of cair” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “terceira pessoa do plural do pretérito mais-que-perfeito do indicativo do verbo cair”.
What does caíram mean in English?
verb
- 1
third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of cair
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. terceira pessoa do plural do pretérito mais-que-perfeito do indicativo do verbo cair
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce caíram?
- Brazil /kaˈi.ɾɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [kaˈi.ɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /kɐˈi.ɾɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is caíram in Portuguese?
caíram appears 10 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).