caer en la cuenta

• caer en cuenta

Literally, “fall into the tale”.

• IPA^(key): /kaˌeɾ en la ˈkwenta/ [kaˌeɾ ẽn la ˈkwẽn̪.t̪a]
• Syllabification: ca‧er en la cuen‧ta

caer en la cuenta (first-person singular present caigo en la cuenta, first-person singular preterite caí en la cuenta, past participle caído en la cuenta)

1. (idiomatic) to get it, to have the penny drop

   Synonym: caer el veinte (Mexico)

• “caer en la cuenta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “caer”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Doubts] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN