🇬🇧🇪🇸 please - agradar : English Lesson

Meaning of "please" ("agradar"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

To please someone means to do something that makes them feel happy, proud, or satisfied. When you please a person, you give them a nice feeling inside, like when you share your toys, draw them a picture, or listen carefully. Different people are pleased by different things, but the main idea is that what you do or say makes them feel good.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

To please the ghost, we agreed to be scared, so we screamed on purpose and it looked offended.

I tried to please my cat by singing to her, but she just blinked slowly like a tiny, furry judge.

To please the baby, I made a funny face, and now that’s the only face he lets me use.

To please my mom, I cleaned my room, and to please me, I shoved everything under the bed.

The polite word “please“ comes from the older phrase “if you please,“ which itself was a shortened form of the formal expression “if it please you.“

A small girl sees her dog sad. She brings a warm bed to please the dog. She sings soft songs to please it. She gives a toy to please it. She pats its head to please it. The dog wags its tail to please her. They both smile and sleep.

This word is at the A1 level, which means it is one of the first words you learn when starting English. It’s commonly used in everyday conversations and helps you communicate basic ideas like greetings, family, or daily activities.

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