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agradar

agradar

Catalan

Verb

agradar (first-person singular present agrado, past participle agradat)

  1. to like
  2. to please

Conjugation

Usage notes

Agradar is usually translated as like, but subject and object are reversed from those of to like. That is, the subject of agradar is the thing that pleases and the indirect object is the person who likes it. As the object is indirect, a third-person subject is supplemented with the preposition a.

  • T'agrada el menjar? Do you like the food?
  • M'agrades molt. I like you a lot.
  • A la noia li agradaven les flors. The girl liked the flowers.

Compare also Spanish gustar, which is similar.


Ladino

Verb

agradar (Latin spelling)

  1. to please, give pleasure

Occitan

Etymology

From grat, from Latin grātum < grātus. Compare Catalan and Spanish agradar, French agréer.

Verb

agradar

  1. to like
  2. to please

Conjugation

Usage notes

Agradar is usually translated as like, but subject and object are reversed from those of to like. That is, the subject of agradar is the thing that pleases and the indirect object is the person who likes it. As the object is indirect, a third-person subject is supplemented with the preposition a.

  • T'agrada lo manjar? Do you like the food?
  • M'agradas. I like you.
  • Al dròlle li agradèron los viatges. The boy liked the trips.

Compare also French plaire, Italian piacere and Spanish gustar, which are similar.


Portuguese

Etymology

A- + grado + -ar. Grado from Latin grātum < grātus.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.ɣɾɐ.ˈðaɾ/
  • Hyphenation: a‧gra‧dar

Verb

agradar (first-person singular present indicative agrado, past participle agradado)

  1. (transitive) to please
  2. to be nice to, to fuss over
  3. (intransitive) to be pleasing, to please
  4. to go down well

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:agradar.

Conjugation

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Spanish

Etymology

From grado, from Latin grātum < grātus.

Verb

agradar (first-person singular present agrado, first-person singular preterite agradé, past participle agradado)

  1. to please
    Es un tipo que no me agrada
    I don't like his type

Conjugation

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