caer
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Caer adds -g- in the yo form: caigo. Before o and a, the -i- of the stem becomes -y- (cayó, cayeron) so it is not lost in writing. Similar verbs: traer (traigo), oír (oigo).
Conjugation
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Subjuntivo
Subjuntivo
Tiempo
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Presente de subjuntivo
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Formas impersonales
These are the non‑finite verb forms used in combinations and constructions.
- Infinitivo — caer
- Infinitivo compuesto — haber caído
- Gerundio — cayendo
- Gerundio compuesto — habiendo caído
- Participio — caído
Key forms
yo
caigo
tú
caes
él/ella
cae
Use the present perfect for past actions that have a connection to the present or recent past.
Key forms
yo
he caído
tú
has caído
él/ella
ha caído
Use the preterite to describe completed past actions with a clear beginning or end.
Key forms
yo
caí
tú
caíste
él/ella
cayó
Use the imperfect to describe ongoing, habitual, or background actions in the past.
Key forms
yo
caía
tú
caías
él/ella
caía
Use the pluperfect (pluscuamperfecto) for past actions completed before another past action.
Key forms
yo
había caído
tú
habías caído
él/ella
había caído
Use for past-before-past; mainly literary.
Key forms
yo
hube caído
tú
hubiste caído
él/ella
hubo caído
Use the future to express actions that will happen, predictions, or probability.
Key forms
yo
caeré
tú
caerás
él/ella
caerá
Use the conditional for hypothetical situations, polite requests, or future in the past.
Key forms
yo
caería
tú
caerías
él/ella
caería
Use the future perfect for actions that will have been completed by a future time.
Key forms
yo
habré caído
tú
habrás caído
él/ella
habrá caído
Use the conditional perfect for hypothetical past actions or actions that would have been completed.
Key forms
yo
habría caído
tú
habrías caído
él/ella
habría caído
Use the present subjunctive for wishes, doubts, emotions, and after certain conjunctions.
Key forms
yo
caiga
tú
caigas
él/ella
caiga
Use for past actions with present relevance in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
haya caído
tú
hayas caído
él/ella
haya caído
Use for hypothetical or reported past (e.g. Si viviera…).
Key forms
yo
cayera
tú
cayeras
él/ella
cayera
Use for past-before-past in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiera caído (hubiese caído)
tú
hubieras caído (hubieses caído)
él/ella
hubiera caído (hubiese caído)
Rare; legal/formal style.
Key forms
yo
cayere
tú
cayeres
él/ella
cayere
Rare; future perfect in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiere caído
tú
hubieres caído
él/ella
hubiere caído
Affirmative imperative only. Negative imperative is available as a separate tense.
Key forms
yo
—
tú
cae
él/ella
caiga
Negative commands: use No + form (e.g. No hables.).
Key forms
yo
—
tú
caigas
él/ella
caiga
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