caída

/kaˈida/, [kaˈi.ð̞a]

drop, fall


Adjective caída f sg

  1. feminine singular of caído

Noun caída f (plural caídas)

  1. fall (act of falling)
  2. crash (of a computer)

Verb caída f sg

  1. Feminine singular past participle of caer.

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License


Examples
  • Escuchamos la caída del árbol con un estruendo.

    We heard the tree fall with a crash.

  • El tifón causó la caída de un árbol en mi patio trasero.

    The typhoon caused a tree to tumble on my yard.

  • La idea de que Dios es un hombre blanco muy grande, de larga barba, que está sentado en el cielo grabando la caída de cada gorrión es ridícula. Pero si por "Dios" se entiende el conjunto de las leyes físicas que gobiernan el universo, entonces es claro que ese Dios existe.

    The idea that God is an oversized white male with a flowing beard who sits in the sky and tallies the fall of every sparrow is ludicrous. But if by 'God' one means the set of physical laws that govern the universe, then clearly there is such a God.

  • Este agujero se formó por la caída de un meteorito.

    This hole was formed by a falling of a meteorite.

  • Ella se esguinzó las dos muñecas en la caída.

    She sprained both of her wrists in the fall.

  • Después de la caída en el escenario, el cantante recibió el apoyo del público.

    After he fell on the stage, the singer got the support of the public.

  • Después de la caída hubo que hacerle una rápida intervención.

    He had to undergo an operation immediately after his fall.

  • Los romanos no deseaban la caída de su imperio, pero pasó.

    Romans did not wish for the fall of their empire, but it happened.

  • La madre de Alex cayó en coma no mucho antes de la caída del Muro de Berlín.

    Alex' mother lapsed into a coma not long before the fall of the Berlin Wall.

  • Él se raspó la rodilla en una caída.

    He scraped his knee in a fall.

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