Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Literally, “the house has collapsed”.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a ˈka.zɐ kaˈiw/ [a ˈka.zɐ kaˈiʊ̯]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a ˈka.za kaˈiw/ [a ˈka.za kaˈiʊ̯]
Interjection[edit]
a casa caiu
- (Brazil, idiomatic) said after a particularly undesirable, harmful change of events; often, though not always, said of a criminal or illicit activity discovered by the authority