# caer
## English
### Etymology

From Welsh caer.

### Noun

caer (plural caers)
* A Welsh fortress.
** 1892, Grant Allen, Science in Arcady, page 295:[…] a good many relics of the old Welsh Caers still bespeak the incompleteness of the early Teutonic conquest.

#### Alternative forms

* cair

### Anagrams

* e-car, CERA, acer, care, race-, Acre, -care, acre, Cera, Care, Crea, race, Race

## Asturian
### Verb

caer
* Alternative form of cayer

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* caír
* cair (reintegrationist)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese caer, from Late Latin cadēre, from Latin cadĕre. Compare Portuguese cair, Spanish caer, French choir.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaˈeɾ/ [kɑˈeɾ]
* Rhymes: -eɾ
* Hyphenation: ca‧er

### Verb

caer (first-person singular present caio, first-person singular preterite caín, past participle caído)
* (intransitive) to fall, fall off, fall down
* (of a time) to fall on; to occur
* to fall; to decline; to collapse
* to fall; to die in battle

#### Derived terms

* caer auga a caldeiros
* caer ben
* caer chuzos de punta
* caer de cu
* caer de fuciños

#### Related terms

* acaer
* esquecer

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “caer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “caer”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “caer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “caer”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “caer”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin cadēre, from Latin cadĕre. Compare Portuguese cair, Galician caer, French choir.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaˈeɾ/ [kaˈeɾ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -eɾ
* Syllabification: ca‧er

### Verb

caer (first-person singular present caigo, first-person singular preterite caí, past participle caído)
* (intransitive, reflexive) to fall (to move to a lower position due to gravity)
* (intransitive) to fall (to come down, to drop, to descend)
    La lluvia cae más fuerte que antes.The rain is falling heavier than before.
* (intransitive, reflexive) to fall down, to collapse (to fall to the ground)
* (intransitive, reflexive) to fall out (to come out of something by falling)
    El pelo dañado puede caerse.Damaged hair can fall out.
* (intransitive) to fall into, to fall for; to be ensnared by
    caer en la trampa ― to fall into the trap
* (intransitive) to fall into (to enter a negative state)
* (intransitive) to fall, to collapse (to be overthrown or defeated)
    El imperio romano cayó poco a poco.The Roman Empire fell little by little.
* (intransitive) to get (to understand)
    No caigo. ― I don't get it.
* (intransitive) to be granted or awarded
    Le cayó una multa.She got fined.
* (intransitive) to fall under (to belong to for purposes of categorization)
* (intransitive) to fall on (to occur on a particular day)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

#### Derived terms

* caedizo
* caer a plomo
* caer bien
* caer chuzos de punta
* caer como chinches
* caer como moscas
* caer como un baldado de agua fría
* caer de indio
* caer de las nubes
* caer de pie
* caer de plano
* caer el veinte
* caer en desgracia
* caer en el anzuelo
* caer en el chiste
* caer en gracia
* caer en gusto
* caer en la cama
* caer en la celada
* caer en la cuenta
* caer en mal caso
* caer en saco roto
* caer gordo
* caer la balanza
* caer mal
* caer pesado
* caerle una buena
* caerse de culo
* caerse de morros
* caérsele el alma a los pies
* caérsele la casa encima
* caérsele los anillos
* caérsele los palos del sombrajo
* caimiento
* dejar caer
* dejarse caer
* estar al caer
* no caerá esa breva
* poner a caer de un burro

#### Related terms

* acaecer
* cadente
* caerse
* caída
* cascada
* cayente
* decaer
* escaecer
* recaer

### Further reading

* “caer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### Anagrams

* acre, arce, cera, crea

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /kaːɨ̯r/
* (South Wales) IPA: /kai̯r/

### Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh caer, from Old Welsh cair, from Proto-Brythonic *kaɨr (“fort, fortified town”).
See also Cornish ker (“fort”), Breton kêr (“town, city”). Related to cae (“field”).

#### Noun

caer f (plural caerau or caeroedd or ceyrydd)
* fort, fortress, enclosed stronghold, castle, fortress, citadel, fortified town or city
* wall, rampart, bulwark
* twill

##### Derived terms

* bryngaer (“hill-fort”)
* Caer (“Chester”)
* Caer Arianrhod (“Milky Way”)
* Caer Colun (“Colchester”)
* Caer Gwydion (“Milky Way”)
* Caer Ludd (“London”)
* Caer Rhain (“Aconbury”)
* Caer-went (“Caer-went”)
* Caerdroea (“Troy”)
* Caerdydd (“Cardiff”)
* Caeredin (“Edinburgh”)
* Caerfaddon (“Bath”)
* Caerferwig (“Berwick(-upon-Tweed)”)
* Caerfuddai (“Chichester”)
* Caerfyrddin (“Carmarthen”)
* Caerffili (“Caerphilly”)
* Caergaint (“Canterbury”)
* caergawell (“gabion”)
* Caergeiliog (“Caergeiliog”)
* Caergrawnt (“Cambridge”)
* Caergwrle (“Caergwrle”)
* Caergybi (“Holyhead”)
* Caergystennin (“Constantinople”)
* Caeriw (“Carew”)
* Caerliwelydd (“Carlisle”)
* Caerloyw (“Gloucester”)
* Caerlwytgoed (“Lichfield”)
* Caerlŷr (“Leicester”)
* Caerllion (“Caerleon”)
* Caermeini (“Caermeini”)
* Caernarfon (“Carnarfon”)
* caerog (“fortified”)
* Caersalem (“Jerusalem”)
* Caersallog (“Salisbury”)
* Caersŵs (“Caersws”)
* caeru (“to fortify”)
* Caerwedros (“Caerwedron”)
* Caerwrangon (“Worcester”)
* Caerwrygion (“Wroxeter”)
* Caerwynt (“Winchester”)
* Caerwys (“Caerwys”)
* Caerwysg (“Exeter”)
* Caerhirfryn (“Lancaster”)
* Caerhun (“Caerhun”)

##### Related terms

* cae
* cau

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Alternative forms

* caffer

#### Verb

caer
* (literary) impersonal imperative of cael

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “caer”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies