caer

Spanish

verb
Definitions
  • (intransitive) to fall to move to a lower position due to gravity
  • (intransitive) to fall to come down, to drop, to descend
  • (intransitive) to fall down, to collapse to fall to the ground
  • (intransitive) to fall out to come out of something by falling
  • (intransitive) to fall into, to fall for; to be ensnared by
  • (intransitive) to fall into to enter a negative state
  • (intransitive) to fall, to collapse to be overthrown or defeated
  • (intransitive) to get to understand
  • (intransitive) to be granted or awarded
  • (intransitive) to fall under to belong to for purposes of categorization
  • (intransitive) to fall on to occur on a particular day

Etymology

Inherited from Latin *cadēre, cadere (fall, happen, occur, die) inherited from Proto-Italic *kadō derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d- (fall).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ḱh₂d-

Gloss

fall

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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