se gostavam

liked each other

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phrase Rare #31,347
liked each other Used for mutual affection or liking in the past. The pronoun “se” indicates that the people liked one another; “gostar” is normally followed by “de.”
PO: Eles se gostavam muito quando eram crianças.
EN: They liked each other a lot when they were children.

Você poderia dizer que Tom e Mary se gostavam.

You could say that Tom and Mary liked each other.

Então se gostavam.

So they liked each other.

— Uma Mulher Fantástica (2017)

Eles se gostavam muito, ainda que fossem crianças.

They liked each other very much, even though they were children.

— Замри-умри-воскресни! (1990)

Eles se gostavam.

They liked each other.