zu gefallen

to please

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phrase Rare #25,832
to please The thing that pleases is the subject; the person who likes it is expressed in the dative.
GE: Das Geschenk scheint ihr zu gefallen.
EN: The gift seems to please her.

Es scheint Ihnen hier nicht zu gefallen.

It seems you don't like it here.

Niemandem gelang es, allen zu gefallen.

No one succeeded in pleasing everyone.

Ihnen schien keiner meiner Witze zu gefallen.

They didn’t seem to like any of my jokes.

Ihm scheint es zu gefallen.

He seems to like it.

— Rushmore (1998)

Es scheint euch hier nicht zu gefallen.

It seems you don't like it here.

Es scheint ihm nicht zu gefallen.

He doesn't seem to like it.

Es scheint Tom hier zu gefallen.

Tom seems to like it here.

Tom täte nahezu alles, um Maria zu gefallen.

Tom would do almost anything to please Maria.

Ich werde alles tun, um Ihnen zu gefallen.

I will do everything to please you.

— Audition (2000)

Scheint dir zu gefallen.

You seem to like it.

— Blau ist eine warme Farbe (2013)