Meaning
to fall
In a sentence
Attento, il bicchiere sta per cascare.
Careful, the glass is about to fall.
Sei cascato dalle scale ieri sera?
Did you fall down the stairs last night?
Non voglio cascare di nuovo nello stesso errore.
I don't want to fall into the same mistake again.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| cascare | infinitive |
| caschiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| casco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| cascate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| caschi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| cascano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| casca | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| cascavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| cascavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| cascavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| cascavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| cascavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| cascava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| cascammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| cascai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| cascaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| cascasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| cascarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| cascò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| cascheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| cascherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| cascherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| cascherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| cascheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| cascherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| caschiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| caschi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| caschiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| caschi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| caschino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| caschi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| cascassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| cascassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| cascaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| cascassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| cascassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| cascasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| cascheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| cascherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| caschereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| cascheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| cascherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| cascherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| caschiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| cascate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| casca | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| cascando | gerund |
| cascato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Often interchangeable with cadere, but cascare is more informal and common in speech; cadere sounds more neutral or formal.
- It takes essere in compound tenses: è cascato/a, sono cascati/e. Past participle agrees with the subject.
- Very common in figurative uses: cascare nel tranello, cascarci, cascare dalle nuvole.