caer el veinte
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Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “to have 'the twenty' fall (on someone)”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]caer el veinte (impersonal, third-person singular present cae el veinte, third-person singular preterite cayó el veinte, past participle caído el veinte)
- (impersonal, colloquial, idiomatic, El Salvador, Mexico) to dawn on (someone).
- Ya me cayó el veinte (a mí) de cómo resolver el examen.
- It dawned on me how to solve the test
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | caer el veinte | ||||||
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gerund | cayendo el veinte | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | caído el veinte | — | |||||
plural | — | — | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | — | — | cae el veinte | — | — | — | |
imperfect | — | — | caía el veinte | — | — | — | |
preterite | — | — | cayó el veinte | — | — | — | |
future | — | — | caerá el veinte | — | — | — | |
conditional | — | — | caería el veinte | — | — | — | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | — | — | caiga el veinte | — | — | — | |
imperfect (ra) |
— | — | cayera el veinte | — | — | — | |
imperfect (se) |
— | — | cayese el veinte | — | — | — | |
future1 | — | — | cayere el veinte | — | — | — | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | — | — | — | — | — | ||
negative | — | — | — | — | — |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive caer el veinte | dative | caerme el veinte | caerte el veinte | caerle el veinte, caerse el veinte | caernos el veinte | caeros el veinte | caerles el veinte, caerse el veinte |
accusative | caerme el veinte | caerte el veinte | caerlo el veinte, caerla el veinte, caerse el veinte | caernos el veinte | caeros el veinte | caerlos el veinte, caerlas el veinte, caerse el veinte | |
with gerund cayendo el veinte | dative | cayéndome el veinte | cayéndote el veinte | cayéndole el veinte, cayéndose el veinte | cayéndonos el veinte | cayéndoos el veinte | cayéndoles el veinte, cayéndose el veinte |
accusative | cayéndome el veinte | cayéndote el veinte | cayéndolo el veinte, cayéndola el veinte, cayéndose el veinte | cayéndonos el veinte | cayéndoos el veinte | cayéndolos el veinte, cayéndolas el veinte, cayéndose el veinte | |
with informal second-person singular tú/vos imperative — | dative | — | — | — | — | not used | — |
accusative | — | — | —, — | — | not used | —, — | |
with formal second-person singular imperative — | dative | — | not used | —, — | — | not used | — |
accusative | — | not used | —, —, — | — | not used | —, — | |
with first-person plural imperative — | dative | not used | — | — | — | — | — |
accusative | not used | — | —, — | — | — | —, — | |
with informal second-person plural imperative — | dative | — | not used | — | — | — | — |
accusative | — | not used | —, — | — | — | —, — | |
with formal second-person plural imperative — | dative | — | not used | — | — | not used | —, — |
accusative | — | not used | —, — | — | not used | —, —, — |
Further reading
[edit]- “caer” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010