Caerse simpáticos

Question

What does 'caerse simpáticos' mean?

Great question! - francobollo, Dec 24, 2012

Thanks francobollo! - Intense, Dec 24, 2012

Answer 1

Caerse simpáticos means to hit it off.

Margarita y Pablo se conocieron ayer en el parque y no pararon de estar juntos porque se cayeron muy simpáticos.

Margaret and Paul met at the park yesterday and could not stop being together because they hit it off from the get go.

Variant:

Caerse bien.

Thanks francobollo. How does the expression sound? Is it cutesie? Does everyone use it? - Intense, Dec 24, 2012

Answer 2

The simplest translation is "to like" It is somewhat idiomatic... meaning the literal translation is difficult to understand in english.

Thanks gohern. This sort of thing always confuses and frustrates me. - Intense, Dec 24, 2012

Answer 3

I am also a beginner at Spanish but, I will take a guess at this. You, of course, already know that caer means to fall and simpático means nice, pleasant. One thing that confuses me with this phrase is the use of the plural. Anyway, I am guesing that this means something like to have come to like (someone or something).

Thanks kirk1. It's plural because it is a children's story in which a cat and a dog refuse to like each other. - Intense, Dec 24, 2012