caer
Meanings
Verb
1. to fall (to move to a lower position due to gravity) (intransitive, reflexive)
2. to fall (to come down, to drop, to descend) (intransitive)
3. to fall down, to collapse (to fall to the ground) (intransitive, reflexive)
4. to fall out (to come out of something by falling) (intransitive, reflexive)
5. to fall into, to fall for; to be ensnared by (intransitive)
6. to fall into (to enter a negative state) (intransitive)
7. to fall, to collapse (to be overthrown or defeated) (intransitive)
8. to get (to understand) (intransitive)
9. to be granted, awarded, or given (potentially by chance) (intransitive)
10. to fall under (to belong to for purposes of categorization) (intransitive)
11. to fall on (to occur on a particular day) (intransitive)
12. (e.g. of a website) to go down (intransitive, reflexive)
13. to drop (transitive, nonstandard or proscribed or dialectal)
Examples659
Le cayó una multa hoy.
She got fined today.
No caigo.
I don't get it.
caer en la trampa
to fall into the trap
La lluvia cae más fuerte que antes.
The rain is falling heavier than before.
El pelo dañado puede caerse.
Damaged hair can fall out.
El imperio romano cayó poco a poco.
The Roman Empire fell little by little.