Meanings (ES + gloss)
caída • matada
The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
the fall of the snow
the fall of the water
decadencia
The time of the year when the leaves typically fall from the trees; autumn; the season of the year between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice.
A friend has pointed out to me the following remark on this word: "In North America the season in which this [the fall of the leaf] takes place, derives its name from that circumst…
caída
A loss of greatness or status.
the fall of Rome
Phrases
Fall ClassicFall CreekFall RiverFall of ManFalls-to-Falls CorridorSwedish fallaccidental fallairfallangle of fallash fallashfallbackfallbe riding for a fallbergfallbest-of-three-falls matchblock and fallbreak a fallbreak one's fallbreak-fallbreakfallbrothfallbyfallcatfallcenter of fallscentre of fallschainfallcliff fallcloudfallcrossfalldarkfalldead falldead-falldeadfalldew-falldewfalldirtfalldog-falldogfalldownfalldustfall
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
caer • caerse
To be moved downwards.
I fell unconscious on the floor.
Thrown from a cliff, the stone fell 100 feet before hitting the ground.
descender
To be moved downwards.
Her eyes fell on the table, and she advanced into the room wiping her hands on her apron.
The rain fell at dawn.
caer
To change, often negatively.
Near-synonyms: become, get, go, turn, come, grow, wax
She has fallen ill.
colapsar
To change, often negatively.
Rome fell to the Goths in 410 AD.
morir
To change, often negatively.
This is a monument to all those who fell in the First World War.
recaer
To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
And so it falls to me to make this important decision.
The estate fell to his brother.
incidir • recaer
To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
to fall into error; to fall into difficulties
Phrases
almost fall of one's chairatfallbefallbottom fall outbottom falls outcatch a falling knifedownfalleasy as falling off a logfair fallfall aboardfall aboard offall aboutfall about someone's earsfall about the placefall abreast offall abroad offall acrossfall adownfall afirefall afoulfall afoul offall afterfall all over someone or oneselffall amongfall apartfall aroundfall asleepfall aslopefall asternfall asunderfall atfall at the crestfall at the final hurdlefall at the first fencefall at the first hurdlefall at the last hurdlefall awayfall backfall back intofall back on