"cair" meaning in Portuguese

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Verb

IPA: /kaˈi(ʁ)/ [Brazil], [kaˈi(h)] [Brazil], /kaˈi(ʁ)/ [Brazil], [kaˈi(h)] [Brazil], /kaˈi(ɾ)/ [São-Paulo], /kaˈi(ʁ)/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], [kaˈi(χ)] [Rio-de-Janeiro], /kaˈi(ɻ)/ [Southern-Brazil], /kɐˈiɾ/ [Portugal], /kɐˈiɾ/ [Portugal], /kɐˈi.ɾi/ [Portugal, Southern]
Etymology: From Old Galician-Portuguese caer, from Late Latin cadēre, from Latin cadĕre, from Proto-Italic *kadō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱad- (“to fall”). Cognate with Galician caer and Spanish caer. Etymology templates: {{inh|pt|roa-opt|caer}} Old Galician-Portuguese caer, {{inh|pt|LL.|cadeo|cadēre}} Late Latin cadēre, {{inh|pt|la|cadō|cadĕre}} Latin cadĕre, {{inh|pt|itc-pro|*kadō}} Proto-Italic *kadō, {{der|pt|ine-pro|*ḱad-||to fall}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱad- (“to fall”), {{cog|gl|caer}} Galician caer, {{cog|es|caer}} Spanish caer Head templates: {{pt-verb}} cair (first-person singular present caio, first-person singular preterite caí, past participle caído) Inflection templates: {{pt-conj}} Forms: caio [first-person, present, singular], caí [first-person, preterite, singular], caído [participle, past], irregular [table-tags], cair [impersonal, infinitive], cair [first-person, infinitive, singular], caíres [infinitive, second-person, singular], cair [infinitive, singular, third-person], cairmos [first-person, infinitive, plural], cairdes [infinitive, plural, second-person], caírem [infinitive, plural, third-person], caindo [gerund], caído [masculine, participle, past, singular], caídos [masculine, participle, past, plural], caída [feminine, participle, past, singular], caídas [feminine, participle, past, plural], caio [first-person, indicative, present, singular], cais [indicative, present, second-person, singular], cai [indicative, present, singular, third-person], caímos [first-person, indicative, plural, present], caís [indicative, plural, present, second-person], caem [indicative, plural, present, third-person], caía [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], caías [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], caía [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], caíamos [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], caíeis [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], caíam [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], caí [first-person, indicative, preterite, singular], caíste [indicative, preterite, second-person, singular], caiu [indicative, preterite, singular, third-person], caímos [first-person, indicative, plural, preterite], caístes [indicative, plural, preterite, second-person], caíram [indicative, plural, preterite, third-person], caíra [first-person, indicative, pluperfect, singular], caíras [indicative, pluperfect, second-person, singular], caíra [indicative, pluperfect, singular, third-person], caíramos [first-person, indicative, pluperfect, plural], caíreis [indicative, pluperfect, plural, second-person], caíram [indicative, pluperfect, plural, third-person], cairei [first-person, future, indicative, singular], cairás [future, indicative, second-person, singular], cairá [future, indicative, singular, third-person], cairemos [first-person, future, indicative, plural], caireis [future, indicative, plural, second-person], cairão [future, indicative, plural, third-person], cairia [conditional, first-person, singular], cairias [conditional, second-person, singular], cairia [conditional, singular, third-person], cairíamos [conditional, first-person, plural], cairíeis [conditional, plural, second-person], cairiam [conditional, plural, third-person], caia [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], caias [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], caia [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], caiamos [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], caiais [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], caiam [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], caísse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], caísses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], caísse [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], caíssemos [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], caísseis [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], caíssem [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], cair [first-person, future, singular, subjunctive], caíres [future, second-person, singular, subjunctive], cair [future, singular, subjunctive, third-person], cairmos [first-person, future, plural, subjunctive], cairdes [future, plural, second-person, subjunctive], caírem [future, plural, subjunctive, third-person], cai [imperative, second-person, singular], caia [imperative, singular, third-person], caiamos [first-person, imperative, plural], caí [imperative, plural, second-person], caiam [imperative, plural, third-person], não caias [imperative, negative, second-person, singular], não caia [imperative, negative, singular, third-person], não caiamos [first-person, imperative, negative, plural], não caiais [imperative, negative, plural, second-person], não caiam [imperative, negative, plural, third-person]
  1. (intransitive) to fall; to fall down; to drop Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-cair-pt-verb-v1ZWvlGi
  2. (transitive with de) to fall from (to fall so it is no longer attached to or on top of something) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-cair-pt-verb-5CmuR1dV Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Portuguese verbs ending in -ir Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 3 33 16 9 21 3 13 2 2 Disambiguation of Portuguese verbs ending in -ir: 8 22 11 9 15 8 11 8 8
  3. (figurative, intransitive) to fall; to collapse (to be overthrown, defeated or annulled) Tags: figuratively, intransitive
    Sense id: en-cair-pt-verb-TXwVJsje
  4. (with the adverb bem or mal, intransitive, or transitive with com or em) to suit (to be appropriate or suitable) Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-cair-pt-verb-6TuEr~lT
  5. (intransitive, with the adverb bem or mal, of food) to go down (to be eaten with or without causing indigestion) Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-cair-pt-verb-Yj0FGugt
  6. (intransitive) to fall, to decrease (to lower in value or quantity) Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-cair-pt-verb-hiryAKG1
  7. (intransitive) to get disconnected, to be interrupted (of a call or connection) Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-cair-pt-verb-lIV2nqLh
  8. (euphemistic, intransitive) to fall (to die in battle) Tags: euphemistic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-cair-pt-verb-2tJSSdSj Categories (other): Portuguese euphemisms
  9. (of a subject or question, intransitive, or transitive with em) to be present in a test Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-cair-pt-verb-i6fwFJvE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cahir [obsolete] Related terms: esquecer, queda

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        "3": "caer"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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    },
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "infinitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "cairdes",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "infinitive",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "caindo",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "gerund"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "participle",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "participle",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "caída",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caídas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "caio",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cais",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "cai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "caímos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "caís",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caía",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "caías",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "caíeis",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caíam",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caí",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caíste",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caiu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caímos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caístes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caíram",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caíra",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caíras",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caíra",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caíramos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caíreis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caíram",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cairei",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cairás",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cairá",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cairemos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caireis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cairão",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cairia",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cairias",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cairia",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cairíamos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cairíeis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cairiam",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caia",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caias",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caia",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caiamos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caiais",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caiam",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caísse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caísses",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caísse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caíssemos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caísseis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caíssem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cair",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caíres",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cair",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cairmos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cairdes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caírem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caia",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caiamos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caí",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caiam",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não caias",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não caia",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não caiamos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não caiais",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não caiam",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "cair (first-person singular present caio, first-person singular preterite caí, past participle caído)",
      "name": "pt-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ca‧ir"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "pt-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "esquecer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "queda"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The apple fell.",
          "text": "A maçã caiu.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to fall; to fall down; to drop"
      ],
      "id": "en-cair-pt-verb-v1ZWvlGi",
      "links": [
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ],
        [
          "fall down",
          "fall down"
        ],
        [
          "drop",
          "drop"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to fall; to fall down; to drop"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 33 16 9 21 3 13 2 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 22 11 9 15 8 11 8 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Portuguese verbs ending in -ir",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The book fell from the table.",
          "text": "O livro caiu da mesa.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The apple fell from the branch.",
          "text": "A maçã caiu do galho.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to fall from (to fall so it is no longer attached to or on top of something)"
      ],
      "id": "en-cair-pt-verb-5CmuR1dV",
      "links": [
        [
          "de",
          "de#Portuguese"
        ],
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive with de) to fall from (to fall so it is no longer attached to or on top of something)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with de"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The new government will fall soon.",
          "text": "O novo governo logo cairá.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to fall; to collapse (to be overthrown, defeated or annulled)"
      ],
      "id": "en-cair-pt-verb-TXwVJsje",
      "links": [
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ],
        [
          "collapse",
          "collapse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, intransitive) to fall; to collapse (to be overthrown, defeated or annulled)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "A black dress would suit her well.",
          "text": "Um vestido preto cairia bem nela.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Some wine would be nice.",
          "text": "Um vinhozinho cai bem.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to suit (to be appropriate or suitable)"
      ],
      "id": "en-cair-pt-verb-6TuEr~lT",
      "links": [
        [
          "bem",
          "bem#Portuguese"
        ],
        [
          "mal",
          "mal#Portuguese"
        ],
        [
          "com",
          "com#Portuguese"
        ],
        [
          "em",
          "em#Portuguese"
        ],
        [
          "suit",
          "suit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with the adverb bem or mal, intransitive, or transitive with com or em) to suit (to be appropriate or suitable)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with com or em",
        "with the adverb bem or mal"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This rotten pizza didn’t go down well.",
          "text": "Essa pizza podre me caiu mal.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to go down (to be eaten with or without causing indigestion)"
      ],
      "id": "en-cair-pt-verb-Yj0FGugt",
      "links": [
        [
          "bem",
          "bem#Portuguese"
        ],
        [
          "mal",
          "mal#Portuguese"
        ],
        [
          "go down",
          "go down"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, with the adverb bem or mal, of food) to go down (to be eaten with or without causing indigestion)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of food",
        "with the adverb bem or mal"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I hope that the price of the books falls.",
          "text": "Espero que o preço dos livros caia.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to fall, to decrease (to lower in value or quantity)"
      ],
      "id": "en-cair-pt-verb-hiryAKG1",
      "links": [
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ],
        [
          "decrease",
          "decrease"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to fall, to decrease (to lower in value or quantity)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The connection dropped.",
          "text": "Caiu a ligação.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to get disconnected, to be interrupted (of a call or connection)"
      ],
      "id": "en-cair-pt-verb-lIV2nqLh",
      "links": [
        [
          "disconnected",
          "disconnected"
        ],
        [
          "interrupted",
          "interrupted"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to get disconnected, to be interrupted (of a call or connection)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Portuguese euphemisms",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Many of our soldiers fell in that war.",
          "text": "Muitos dos nossos soldados caíram naquela guerra.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to fall (to die in battle)"
      ],
      "id": "en-cair-pt-verb-2tJSSdSj",
      "links": [
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(euphemistic, intransitive) to fall (to die in battle)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "There was a question about the revolution.",
          "text": "Caiu uma pergunta sobre a revolução.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I hadn’t studied anything that was in the test.",
          "text": "Eu não tinha estudado nada do que caiu na prova.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be present in a test"
      ],
      "id": "en-cair-pt-verb-i6fwFJvE",
      "links": [
        [
          "em",
          "em#Portuguese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a subject or question, intransitive, or transitive with em) to be present in a test"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a subject or question",
        "with em"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈi(ʁ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kaˈi(h)]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈi(ʁ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kaˈi(h)]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈi(ɾ)/",
      "tags": [
        "São-Paulo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈi(ʁ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kaˈi(χ)]",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈi(ɻ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐˈiɾ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐˈiɾ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐˈi.ɾi/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "caí (Brazil, only with a dropped -r)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "cahir"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cair"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Portuguese 2-syllable words",
    "Portuguese 3-syllable words",
    "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Portuguese irregular verbs",
    "Portuguese lemmas",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Late Latin",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Latin",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Portuguese terms inherited from Late Latin",
    "Portuguese terms inherited from Latin",
    "Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese",
    "Portuguese terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Portuguese terms with homophones",
    "Portuguese verbs",
    "Portuguese verbs ending in -ir"
  ],
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        "1": "pt",
        "2": "roa-opt",
        "3": "caer"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "cadeo",
        "4": "cadēre"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin cadēre",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "cadō",
        "4": "cadĕre"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin cadĕre",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*kadō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *kadō",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱad- (“to fall”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gl",
        "2": "caer"
      },
      "expansion": "Galician caer",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "caer"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish caer",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Galician-Portuguese caer, from Late Latin cadēre, from Latin cadĕre, from Proto-Italic *kadō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱad- (“to fall”). Cognate with Galician caer and Spanish caer.",
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      "form": "caio",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caí",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caído",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "irregular",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pt-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "cair",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "impersonal",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cair",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "infinitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caíres",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cair",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cairmos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "infinitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cairdes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caírem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caindo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caído",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caídos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caída",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caídas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caio",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cais",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caímos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caís",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caía",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caías",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caía",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caíamos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caíeis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caíam",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caí",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caíste",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caiu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caímos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caístes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caíram",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caíra",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caíras",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caíra",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caíramos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caíreis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caíram",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cairei",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cairás",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cairá",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cairemos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caireis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cairão",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cairia",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cairias",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cairia",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cairíamos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cairíeis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cairiam",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caia",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caias",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caia",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "caiamos",
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "caiam",
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
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        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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      "form": "caísses",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
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      "form": "caísse",
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
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    },
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      "form": "caíssemos",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "caísseis",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caíssem",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cair",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caíres",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "cair",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cairmos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cairdes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caírem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caia",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caiamos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caí",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caiam",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não caias",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não caia",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não caiamos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não caiais",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não caiam",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ca‧ir"
  ],
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      "name": "pt-conj"
    }
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  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "word": "esquecer"
    },
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      "word": "queda"
    }
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        "Portuguese intransitive verbs",
        "Portuguese terms with usage examples"
      ],
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          "english": "The apple fell.",
          "text": "A maçã caiu.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to fall; to fall down; to drop"
      ],
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          "fall"
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          "fall down",
          "fall down"
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          "drop"
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        "(intransitive) to fall; to fall down; to drop"
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Portuguese terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "The book fell from the table.",
          "text": "O livro caiu da mesa.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The apple fell from the branch.",
          "text": "A maçã caiu do galho.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to fall from (to fall so it is no longer attached to or on top of something)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "de",
          "de#Portuguese"
        ],
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive with de) to fall from (to fall so it is no longer attached to or on top of something)"
      ],
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        "with de"
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      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese intransitive verbs",
        "Portuguese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The new government will fall soon.",
          "text": "O novo governo logo cairá.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to fall; to collapse (to be overthrown, defeated or annulled)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ],
        [
          "collapse",
          "collapse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, intransitive) to fall; to collapse (to be overthrown, defeated or annulled)"
      ],
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        "figuratively",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "A black dress would suit her well.",
          "text": "Um vestido preto cairia bem nela.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Some wine would be nice.",
          "text": "Um vinhozinho cai bem.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "to suit (to be appropriate or suitable)"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "bem",
          "bem#Portuguese"
        ],
        [
          "mal",
          "mal#Portuguese"
        ],
        [
          "com",
          "com#Portuguese"
        ],
        [
          "em",
          "em#Portuguese"
        ],
        [
          "suit",
          "suit"
        ]
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        "(with the adverb bem or mal, intransitive, or transitive with com or em) to suit (to be appropriate or suitable)"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese intransitive verbs",
        "Portuguese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This rotten pizza didn’t go down well.",
          "text": "Essa pizza podre me caiu mal.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to go down (to be eaten with or without causing indigestion)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bem",
          "bem#Portuguese"
        ],
        [
          "mal",
          "mal#Portuguese"
        ],
        [
          "go down",
          "go down"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, with the adverb bem or mal, of food) to go down (to be eaten with or without causing indigestion)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of food",
        "with the adverb bem or mal"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese intransitive verbs",
        "Portuguese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I hope that the price of the books falls.",
          "text": "Espero que o preço dos livros caia.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to fall, to decrease (to lower in value or quantity)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ],
        [
          "decrease",
          "decrease"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to fall, to decrease (to lower in value or quantity)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese intransitive verbs",
        "Portuguese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The connection dropped.",
          "text": "Caiu a ligação.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to get disconnected, to be interrupted (of a call or connection)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "disconnected",
          "disconnected"
        ],
        [
          "interrupted",
          "interrupted"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to get disconnected, to be interrupted (of a call or connection)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese euphemisms",
        "Portuguese intransitive verbs",
        "Portuguese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Many of our soldiers fell in that war.",
          "text": "Muitos dos nossos soldados caíram naquela guerra.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to fall (to die in battle)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(euphemistic, intransitive) to fall (to die in battle)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "There was a question about the revolution.",
          "text": "Caiu uma pergunta sobre a revolução.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I hadn’t studied anything that was in the test.",
          "text": "Eu não tinha estudado nada do que caiu na prova.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be present in a test"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "em",
          "em#Portuguese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a subject or question, intransitive, or transitive with em) to be present in a test"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a subject or question",
        "with em"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈi(ʁ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kaˈi(h)]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈi(ʁ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kaˈi(h)]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈi(ɾ)/",
      "tags": [
        "São-Paulo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈi(ʁ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kaˈi(χ)]",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈi(ɻ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐˈiɾ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐˈiɾ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐˈi.ɾi/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "caí (Brazil, only with a dropped -r)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "cahir"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cair"
}

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