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Caer

CAR

, CAER, CHAR, in names of places, is sometimes the Celtic Caer, a town or city, as in Caermarthen.

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Caer

Caer

See also: caer

Welsh

Proper noun

Caer

  1. the city of Chester, England.

caer

caer

See also: Caer

Asturian

Verb

caer

  1. Alternative form of cayer

Galician

Verb

caer ‎(first-person singular present caio, first-person singular preterite caín, past participle caído)

  1. (intransitive) to fall, fall off, fall down
  2. (of a time) to fall on; to occur
  3. to fall; to decline; to collapse
  4. to fall; to die in battle

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cadēre, from Latin cadere, present active infinitive of cadō. Cognate with Portuguese cair.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈer/

Verb

caer ‎(first-person singular present caigo, first-person singular preterite caí, past participle caído)

  1. to fall
  2. to collapse

Conjugation

    Conjugation of caer (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
infinitive caer
gerund cayendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular caído caída
plural caídos caídas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos		 él/ella
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present caigo caestú
caésvos 		cae caemos caéis caen
imperfect caía caías caía caíamos caíais caían
preterite caí caíste cayó caímos caísteis cayeron
future caeré caerás caerá caeremos caeréis caerán
conditional caería caerías caería caeríamos caeríais caerían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present caiga caigas caiga caigamos caigáis caigan
imperfect
(ra)		 cayera cayeras cayera cayéramos cayerais cayeran
imperfect
(se)		 cayese cayeses cayese cayésemos cayeseis cayesen
future cayere cayeres cayere cayéremos cayereis cayeren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative caetú
caévos 		caiga caigamos caed caigan
negative no caigas no caiga no caigamos no caigáis no caigan

Other verbs with this conjugation:

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    Selected combined forms of caeredit data

These forms are generated automatically and may not be attested. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive caer
dative caerme caerte, caerle caerle, caerse caernos caeros, caerles caerles, caerse
accusative caerme caerte, caerlo, caerla caerlo, caerla, caerse caernos caeros, caerlos, caerlas caerlos, caerlas, caerse
with gerund cayendo
dative cayéndome cayéndote, cayéndole cayéndole, cayéndose cayéndonos cayéndoos, cayéndoles cayéndoles, cayéndose
accusative cayéndome cayéndote, cayéndolo, cayéndola cayéndolo, cayéndola, cayéndose cayéndonos cayéndoos, cayéndolos, cayéndolas cayéndolos, cayéndolas, cayéndose
with informal second-person singular imperative cae
dative cáeme cáete, cáele cáele cáenos cáeos, cáeles cáeles
accusative cáeme cáete, cáelo, cáela cáelo, cáela cáenos cáeos, cáelos, cáelas cáelos, cáelas
with formal second-person singular imperative caiga
dative cáigame cáigate, cáigale cáigale, cáigase cáiganos cáigales cáigales, cáigase
accusative cáigame cáigate, cáigalo, cáigala cáigalo, cáigala, cáigase cáiganos cáigalos, cáigalas cáigalos, cáigalas, cáigase
with first-person plural imperative caigamos
dative not used caigámosle caigámosle caigámonos caigámosles caigámosles
accusative not used caigámoslo, caigámosla caigámoslo, caigámosla caigámonos caigámoslos, caigámoslas caigámoslos, caigámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative caed
dative caedme caedle caedle caednos caeos, caedles caedles
accusative caedme caedlo, caedla caedlo, caedla caednos caeos, caedlos, caedlas caedlos, caedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative caigan
dative cáiganme cáigante, cáiganle cáiganle, cáiganse cáiganos cáiganles cáiganles, cáiganse
accusative cáiganme cáigante, cáiganlo, cáiganla cáiganlo, cáiganla, cáiganse cáiganos cáiganlos, cáiganlas cáiganlos, cáiganlas, cáiganse

Derived terms

Related terms

References

Welsh

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *kagrom (compare Cornish ker ‎(“fort, camp (earthwork), hillfort”)), from *kagyom ‎(“enclosure, fence”). More at cae.

Noun

caer m (plural caerau or caeroedd)

  1. fort, fortress, enclosed stronghold, castle, fortress, citadel, fortified town or city
  2. wall, rampart, bulwark
  3. twill
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Verb

caer

  1. (literary) impersonal imperative of cael

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
caer gaer nghaer chaer
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Etymology

From Latin castrum, meaning camp, via Welsh noun caer, meaning fortified city.

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