agradar

agradar
v.
1 to be pleasant.
siempre trata de agradar she always tries to please
2 to please.
me agradó recibir tu carta I was pleased to receive your card
Los buenos modales agradan a Silvia Good manners please Silvia.
3 to like, to be keen on, to be pleased by.
Me agrada la idea I am keen on the idea=I like the idea.
4 to like it.
Me agrada I like it
5 to be pleasing, to please.
Este lugar da gusto This place is nice.
6 to be liked, to be desirable, to be pleasing.
Los masajes agradan Massages are liked.
7 to like to.
Me agrada caminar I like to walk.
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agradar
► verbo intransitivo
1 to please
■ esto me agrada I like this
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verb
to be pleasing, please, like
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1.
VT to please, be pleasing to

esto no me agrada — I don't like this

2.
VI to please

su presencia siempre agrada — your presence is always welcome

si le agrada le traeré más café — if you wish I'll bring you more coffee

3.
See:
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1.
verbo intransitivo (frml)

aquí su presencia siempre agrada — it's always a pleasure to see you here; (+ me/te/le etc)

¿le agrada éste, señora? — is this one to your liking, madam? (frml)

la idea no me agrada — the idea doesn't appeal to me

nos agrada complacer a la gente — we enjoy making people happy

le agrada verlo contento — it gives her pleasure to see him happy

me agradaría mucho verlos allí — I would be very pleased to see you there

2.
agradar vt to please
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= please, warm + the cockles of + Posesivo + heart, take + a fancy to, take + a shine to, take + a liking to.
Ex. By polar contrast the book for the mass culture reader, the 'consumer', simply aims to please.
Ex. The organizers announced that the high conference attendance in Glasgow will bring 160,000 Euros into the IFLA coffers -- news to warm the cockles of a parsimonious treasurer's heart.
Ex. He is a collector who wants to form a collection by making his own paintings of pictures he has taken a fancy to in other people's houses.
Ex. She took a shine to Sheldon, and before he knows what has happened, the misanthropic physicist finds himself with a girlfriend.
Ex. He quickly took a liking to American clothing stores and acquired a taste for fast-food restaurants.
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* difícil de agradar = choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.].
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1.
verbo intransitivo (frml)

aquí su presencia siempre agrada — it's always a pleasure to see you here; (+ me/te/le etc)

¿le agrada éste, señora? — is this one to your liking, madam? (frml)

la idea no me agrada — the idea doesn't appeal to me

nos agrada complacer a la gente — we enjoy making people happy

le agrada verlo contento — it gives her pleasure to see him happy

me agradaría mucho verlos allí — I would be very pleased to see you there

2.
agradar vt to please
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= please, warm + the cockles of + Posesivo + heart, take + a fancy to, take + a shine to, take + a liking to.

Ex: By polar contrast the book for the mass culture reader, the 'consumer', simply aims to please.

Ex: The organizers announced that the high conference attendance in Glasgow will bring 160,000 Euros into the IFLA coffers -- news to warm the cockles of a parsimonious treasurer's heart.
Ex: He is a collector who wants to form a collection by making his own paintings of pictures he has taken a fancy to in other people's houses.
Ex: She took a shine to Sheldon, and before he knows what has happened, the misanthropic physicist finds himself with a girlfriend.
Ex: He quickly took a liking to American clothing stores and acquired a taste for fast-food restaurants.
* difícil de agradar = choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.].

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agradar [A1 ]
vi
(frml):
¿éste le agrada, señora? is this one to your liking, madam? (frml)
la idea no me agrada the idea doesn't appeal to me
aquí su presencia siempre agrada it's always a pleasure to see you here
me agradaría mucho verlos allí I would be very pleased to see you there
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agradar (conjugate agradar) verbo intransitivo (frml):
◊ ¿le agrada este, señora? is this one to your liking, madam? (frml);

la idea no me agrada the idea doesn't appeal to me;
le agrada verlo contento it gives her pleasure to see him happy;
me agradaría mucho verlos allí I would be very pleased to see you there
verbo transitivo
to please
agradar verbo intransitivo to please: no me agrada que me hable en ese tono, I don't like being spoken to like that

'agradar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apetecer
- entrar
- volcarse
- afán
English:
flatter
- please
- anxious
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agradar
♦ vt
to please;
me agradó recibir tu carta I was pleased to receive your letter
♦ vi
to be pleasant;
siempre trata de agradar she always tries to please
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agradar
v/i fml
:
me agrada la idea I like the idea;
nos agradaría mucho que … we would be delighted o very pleased if …
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agradar vi
: to be pleasing
nos agradó mucho el resultado: we were very pleased with the result
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agradar vb to like
la obra nos agradó mucho we liked the play very much

Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.

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