caer ben
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kɑˈer ˈβɛŋ]
Verb
caer ben (first-person singular present caio ben, first-person singular preterite caín ben, past participle caído ben)
- (idiomatic) to sit well
- 1750, anonymous author, Galanteo de mozo e moza:
- Agora si, que cai ben
aquel conto do Boy manso,
que nunha corrida de Touros,
se ò pican, â ollos cerrados
â hùs lles fura os calzòs,
outros os pincha rodando,
este quero, aquel non quero,
esparcendolle os fargallos,
hasta que queda à Praza
espoada âô seu mandado:- Now it sits well
that tale of the docile ox,
that in a bullfight,
if they sting him, as with closed eyes,
he bores the pants of some,
others he takes down rolling,
this one I want, that I don't,
scattering their rags,
till the plaza is left
sieved [dusted?] at his command
- Now it sits well
- (idiomatic) to suit, fit
- Synonym: acaer
- Ese vestido cáeche ben ― That dress suits you
References
- “caer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “caer ben” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “caer” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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