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cădea
to fall /kəˈdea/
verb#544 most common
Also: to drop, to collapse, to decline
Example sentences
Copilul cade.
The child is falling.
Frunzele cad toamna.
The leaves fall in autumn.
Am căzut pe gheață ieri.
I fell on the ice yesterday.
Ai grijă să nu cazi pe scări!
Be careful not to fall on the stairs!
Prețurile au căzut brusc luna trecută.
Prices fell sharply last month.
Dacă guvernul ar cădea, ar urma alegeri anticipate.
If the government were to fall, early elections would follow.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | eu cad | eu căzui | eu voi cădea |
| 2sg | tu cazi | tu căzuși | tu vei cădea |
| 3sg | el/ea cade | el/ea căzu | el/ea va cădea |
| 1pl | noi cădem | noi căzurăm | noi vom cădea |
| 2pl | voi cădeți | voi căzurăți | voi veți cădea |
| 3pl | ei/ele cad | ei/ele căzură | ei/ele vor cădea |
Word family
căderea fall, the act of falling
căzutfallen
decădeato decline, to degenerate
recădeato relapse, to fall again
decăderedecline, downfall
Etymology
Cădea descends from Latin cadere, meaning to fall. The word passed into Romanian through the everyday spoken Latin of the region, keeping its core sense of downward motion and extending it to defeat, decline, and collapse. The same Latin root spread across the Romance languages with similar meanings.
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