caer mal
Spanish, verb/kaˌeɾ ˈmal/
caer mal is a Spanish verb meaning “to be disagreeable, make a bad (or not so good) impression (a person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does caer mal mean in English?
verb
- 1
to be disagreeable, make a bad (or not so good) impression (a person)
Arnoldo siempre ha caído mal
- 2
to make for or cause a bad digestion (food)
La sandía me cae mal en la noche
- 3
to make unhappy or sad, to anger, to dissatisfy (news, advice, announcement)
La noticia le cayó mal al jefe, y está de mal humor
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of caer mal
- caigo mal first-person present singular
- caí mal first-person preterite singular
- caído mal participle past
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caer mal?
- /kaˌeɾ ˈmal/
- [kaˌeɾ ˈmal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.