caer

/kaˈeɾ/, [kaˈeɾ]

fall, go to

Gerund: cayendo

Past Participles

	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	caído	caída
Plural	caídos	caídas

Indicative

	Present	Imperfect	Preterite	Future	Conditional
yo	caigo	caía	caí	caeré	caería
tú	caes	caías	caíste	caerás	caerías
él/ella/Ud.	cae	caía	cayó	caerá	caería
nosotros	caemos	caíamos	caímos	caeremos	caeríamos
vosotros	caéis	caíais	caísteis	caeréis	caeríais
ellos/ellas/Uds.	caen	caían	cayeron	caerán	caerían
vos	caés	caías	caíste	caerás	caerías

Subjunctive

	Present	Imperfect (ra)	Imperfect (se)	Future
yo	caiga	cayera	cayese	cayere
tú	caigas	cayeras	cayeses	cayeres
él/ella/Ud.	caiga	cayera	cayese	cayere
nosotros	caigamos	cayéramos	cayésemos	cayéremos
vosotros	caigáis	cayerais	cayeseis	cayereis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	caigan	cayeran	cayesen	cayeren
vos	caigás	cayeras	cayeses	cayeres

Imperative

Examples

Tom dejó caer pintura en su camisa mientras pintaba la cerca.

Tom got paint on his shirt while he was painting the fence.

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Se dio la vuelta de mí para esconder una lágrima que había comenzado a caer por su cara.

She turned away from me to hide a tear that had begun to fall down her cheek.

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El avión gigante empezó a caer casi en picado.

The giant plane started to fall in an almost vertical dive.

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Dejó caer la copa y se rompió.

He dropped the cup and broke it.

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Me he dejado caer un momento para informaros que hay algunos problemas.

Just dropping by quickly to let you know we're aware of some of the issues.

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Estaba a punto de dejar la casa cuando empezó a caer un ligera lluvia .

I was on the point of leaving home when a light rain started to fall.

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El árbol se podía caer en cualquier momento.

The tree was ready to fall at any moment.

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Duele caer sobre el hielo.

Falling on ice hurts.

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No tengo mucho tiempo, así que me dejaré caer por un restaurante de comida rápida.

I don't have much time, so I'm going to drop in at a fast-food restaurant.

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Tenga cuidado, no deje caer la bandeja.

Be careful. Don't drop the tray.

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