caer

Definitions of caer
  1. verb
    go down momentarily
    synonyms: descender
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    type of:
    declinar, mermar
    grow smaller
  2. verb
    go down in value
    synonyms: descender
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    types:
    caerse, tambalearse
    fall suddenly and sharply
    type of:
    declinar, mermar
    grow smaller
  3. verb
    fall or descend to a lower place or level
    synonyms: hundirse, sumirse
    caerse, dejar caer
    let fall to the ground
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    combarse
    droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
    combarse
    cause to sag
    encorvarse, hundirse, inclinarse
    assume a drooping posture or carriage
  4. verb
    to fall vertically
    synonyms: bajar
    caerse, dejar caer
    let fall to the ground
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    types:
    hundirse, meterse, precipitarse, sumergirse, zambullirse
    fall abruptly
    type of:
    descender
    move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
  5. verb
    fall from clouds
    synonyms:
    bajar, caerse, descender
    descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
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    llover
    precipitate as rain
    nevar
    fall as snow
    granizar
    precipitate as small ice particles
    caer aguanieve, cellisquear
    precipitate as a mixture of rain and snow
    lloviznar
    rain lightly
    caer un chaparrón
    rain abundantly
    lloviznar, salpicar
    rain gently
    diluviar, llover a cántaros
    rain heavily
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