Spanish Word of the Day Archive
Sunday January 11, 2009
caer, verb:
to like
Apart from its basic meaning of fall, caer is useful for describing whether you like someone. You often use it in the phrase caer bien:
Su hermano me cae muy bien.
I like his brother a lot.
Creo que Pedro no le cayó muy bien a mi padre.
I don’t think my father liked Pedro very much, I don’t think my father really took to Pedro.
The opposite of caer bien is caer mal:
Yo le debía caer mal.
He must have disliked me, He can’t have liked me.
You can use the phrase caer gordo to mean you can’t stand someone:
Siempre me han caído mal.
I’ve never been able to stand them.
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