caer mal
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˌeɾ ˈmal/ [kaˌeɾ ˈmal]
- Syllabification: ca‧er mal
Verb
caer mal (first-person singular present caigo mal, first-person singular preterite caí mal, past participle caído mal)
- (transitive, idiomatic) to be disagreeable, make a bad (or not so good) impression (a person)
- Synonyms: caer gordo, caer pesado
- Antonyms: caer bien, agradar, simpatizar
- Arnoldo siempre ha caído mal
- Arnoldo always has been unpleasant (to people)
- Les caigo mal a tus padres
- I don't please your parents
- (transitive, idiomatic) to make for or cause a bad digestion (food)
- Synonym: caer de peso
- Antonyms: caer bien, hacer buen provecho
- La sandía me cae mal en la noche
- watermelon results in a bad digestion for me by night
- (transitive, idiomatic) to make unhappy or sad, to anger, to dissatisfy (news, advice, announcement)
- Synonym: caer de peso
- Antonym: caer bien
- La noticia le cayó mal al jefe, y está de mal humor
- The advice made the boss unhappy, and he's in a bad mood
Usage notes
- See caer bien
See also
- desagrado
- antipatía
- antipático, antipática
- sangrón
- pesado
- disgustar
Further reading
- “caer mal alguien”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014