"you looked good"

Question

im trying to say "you looked good" to a guy who looked good at a party two nights ago haha thanks

Answer 1

I'm a native speaker, you say: te veias bien en la fiesta el otro dia

That is english to spanish word for word translation and I know it sometimes works out like that but in this case it doesn't look right it sounds like she was doing the looking with her own eyes. - kenwilliams, DIC 23, 2009

Just noticed from original post that it is a he not a she but that doesn't alter the grammer. - kenwilliams, DIC 23, 2009

Answer 2

Te parecía bien en la fiesta.

Answer 3

Se me lucía bien la noche de anteayer!

Answer 4

That is english to spanish word for word translation and I know it sometimes works out like that but in this case it doesn't look right it sounds like she was doing the looking with her own eyes

For some reason our dictionary does not permit one to look up "ver" much less, "verse". The DRAE says (among other things):

1. prnl. Hallarse constituido en algún estado o situación. Verse pobre, abatido, agasajado.

I'm not sure that I've ever heard "te veias bien" but I have heard "te ves muy bien" (en ese vestido/traje (or whatever), meaning "You look good in that ..." I can't imagine any reason why one could not say (essentially) the same thing using the imperfect.

Right!. - Mokay, DIC 23, 2009

Answer 5

To illustrate my comment Motzie: Te veo bien = you look well (to me through my eyes) so you would say: Te veía bien en la fiesta el otro día.

Answer 6

jeezzle said

Ah....so it doesn't have to do with looks ever.

I am answering this as a post because we are exhausting the comments column. It can refer to the look of someone but more with their aspect and not their appearance.

Collins dictionary

me cae mal - I don´t like the look of him.

Ok got it. Looks as in he looks like a mean person. - jeezzle, DIC 21, 2009

Exactly - Eddy, DIC 21, 2009

Answer 7

I thought that meant that you liked that person. I didn't realize me cae bien/gordo had to do with looks.

If you look at the end of my explanation, that´s exactly what I said. - Eddy, DIC 21, 2009

You are misunderstanding me. The end of my explanation is saying that I don´t think I have answered the question correctly. - Eddy, DIC 21, 2009

Ah....so it doesn't have to do with looks ever? - jeezzle, DIC 21, 2009

Answer 8

"Te parecías muy bien."

Answer 9

I suppose you could say,

A mi me caías bien a la fiesta hace dos días. However this probably relates to the fact that "I liked the look of you"