"estar al caer" meaning in Spanish

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Verb

Forms: estoy al caer [first-person, present, singular], estuve al caer [first-person, preterite, singular], estado al caer [participle, past]
Head templates: {{es-verb}} estar al caer (first-person singular present estoy al caer, first-person singular preterite estuve al caer, past participle estado al caer)
  1. (idiomatic) to be imminent; to be bound to happen any time now Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-estar_al_caer-es-verb-gnZjeIyj Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header

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