caer bien

== Spanish == === Etymology === Compare Catalan caure bé. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaˌeɾ ˈbjen/ [kaˌeɾ ˈβ̞jẽn] Syllabification: ca‧er bien === Verb === caer bien (first-person singular present caigo bien, first-person singular preterite caí bien, past participle caído bien) (transitive, idiomatic) to please, be nice, make a good impression (a person) Synonyms: agradar, simpatizar Antonyms: caer mal, caer gordo, caer pesado (transitive, idiomatic) to promote or make for good or proper digestion (food) Synonym: hacer buen provecho Antonyms: caer mal, caer de peso (transitive, idiomatic) to make happy, make laugh, satisfy, please (news, advice, announcement) Synonym: agradar Antonyms: caer mal, caer de peso ==== Usage notes ==== Caer bien and caer mal can be used to show whether a person likes or dislikes another person. In this sense, caer bien is used like gustar, but in a friendship way, with the person being liked as the subject of the sentence instead of the object. Therefore, the verb is conjugated to reflect the subject. ("Tu amiga" is the subject, so the verb is conjugated in the third person and not the first person.) ("Tus amigas" is the subject, so the verb must be plural.) The prepositional phrase a Juan is used because it is not possible to write Juan cae bien mi amigo. Whenever a person's name is used instead of a personal pronoun, the person's name must be preceded by the preposition a. A redundant pronoun such as le is also needed. This sentence can also be written as Mi amigo le cae bien a Juan. ==== See also ==== agrado simpatía simpático, simpática bonachón liviano gustar === Further reading === “caer bien alguien”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025