recaer

Spanish

Etymology

From re- +‎ caer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /rekaˈeɾ/ [re.kaˈeɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: re‧ca‧er

Verb

recaer (first-person singular present recaigo, first-person singular preterite recaí, past participle recaído)

  1. to fall to; to fall on (as in, blame or responsibility)
  2. to relapse

Conjugation
    Conjugation of recaer (irregular) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive recaer
gerund recayendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular recaído recaída
plural recaídos recaídas
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 recaigo recaestú
recaésvos		 recae recaemos recaéis recaen
imperfect recaía recaías recaía recaíamos recaíais recaían
preterite recaí recaíste recayó recaímos recaísteis recayeron
future recaeré recaerás recaerá recaeremos recaeréis recaerán
conditional recaería recaerías recaería recaeríamos recaeríais recaerían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present recaiga recaigastú
recaigásvos2		 recaiga recaigamos recaigáis recaigan
imperfect
(ra)		 recayera recayeras recayera recayéramos recayerais recayeran
imperfect
(se)		 recayese recayeses recayese recayésemos recayeseis recayesen
future1 recayere recayeres recayere recayéremos recayereis recayeren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative recaetú
recaévos		 recaiga recaigamos recaed recaigan
negative no recaigas no recaiga no recaigamos no recaigáis no recaigan

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of recaer (irregular)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive recaer
dative recaerme recaerte recaerle, recaerse recaernos recaeros recaerles, recaerse
accusative recaerme recaerte recaerlo, recaerla, recaerse recaernos recaeros recaerlos, recaerlas, recaerse
with gerund recayendo
dative recayéndome recayéndote recayéndole, recayéndose recayéndonos recayéndoos recayéndoles, recayéndose
accusative recayéndome recayéndote recayéndolo, recayéndola, recayéndose recayéndonos recayéndoos recayéndolos, recayéndolas, recayéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative recae
dative recáeme recáete recáele recáenos not used recáeles
accusative recáeme recáete recáelo, recáela recáenos not used recáelos, recáelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative recaé
dative recaeme recaete recaele recaenos not used recaeles
accusative recaeme recaete recaelo, recaela recaenos not used recaelos, recaelas
with formal second-person singular imperative recaiga
dative recáigame not used recáigale, recáigase recáiganos not used recáigales
accusative recáigame not used recáigalo, recáigala, recáigase recáiganos not used recáigalos, recáigalas
with first-person plural imperative recaigamos
dative not used recaigámoste recaigámosle recaigámonos recaigámoos recaigámosles
accusative not used recaigámoste recaigámoslo, recaigámosla recaigámonos recaigámoos recaigámoslos, recaigámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative recaed
dative recaedme not used recaedle recaednos recaeos recaedles
accusative recaedme not used recaedlo, recaedla recaednos recaeos recaedlos, recaedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative recaigan
dative recáiganme not used recáiganle recáigannos not used recáiganles, recáiganse
accusative recáiganme not used recáiganlo, recáiganla recáigannos not used recáiganlos, recáiganlas, recáiganse

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