recaer

Spanish

Etymology

re- +‎ caer

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rekaˈeɾ/ [re.kaˈeɾ]

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

Further reading

• “recaer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014