cair

Portuguese

/kɐ.ˈiɾ/, /ka.ˈi(ʁ)/

verb
Definitions
  • (intransitive) to fall; to fall down; to drop
  • to fall from to fall so it is no longer attached to or on top of something
  • (figurative) to fall; to collapse to be overthrown, defeated or annulled
  • to suit to be appropriate or suitable
  • (intransitive) to go down to be eaten with or without causing indigestion
  • (intransitive) to decrease to lower in value or quantity
  • (intransitive) to get disconnected, to be interrupted of a call or connection
  • (euphemistic) to fall to die in battle
  • to be present in a test

Etymology

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

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ḱad-

Gloss

fall

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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