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caído

Portuguese, adjective/kaˈi.du/

caído is a Portuguese adjective meaning “fallen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of cair. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que caiu”.

What does caído mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    fallen

    anjo caído

  2. 2

    drooping, droopy

    Por que a pálpebra dele está caída?

  3. 3

    prostrate, dejected

  4. 4

    defeated

  5. 5

    sad

  6. 6

    infatuated, in love

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of cair

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que caiu 2. sem forças, decumbente, deitado, desmaiado 3. apaixonado arrebatadoramente

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.

Forms of caído

  • caída feminine
  • caídos masculine plural
  • caídas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce caído?

  • Brazil /kaˈi.du/
  • Portugal /kɐˈi.du/
  • Portugal [kɐˈi.ðu]

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

How common is caído in Portuguese?

caído appears 8.9 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).