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piacciono le

like the

→ piacere
phrase Extremely common #145
like the To say someone likes something, Italian flips the sentence around to say that the thing "is pleasing to" the person. Because the things being liked are doing the pleasing, piacciono is used when you like more than one thing, and le is "the" for words that are feminine. For example, Mi piacciono le pizze literally means "To me are pleasing the pizzas," which is simply how you say "I like pizzas," and A Maria piacciono le mele means "Maria likes apples."
IT: Mi piacciono le passeggiate al mare.
EN: I like walks by the sea.

A mio fratello piacciono le auto.

My brother likes cars.

Ad Ann Mary piacciono le acciughe.

Ann Mary likes anchovies.

Da quando a Colin piacciono le avventure?

Since when does Colin like adventures?

— Pillion - Amore senza freni (2025)

A Tom non piacciono le pere.

Tom doesn't like pears.

A Tom piacciono le zebre.

Tom likes zebras.

A nessuno piacciono le cattive notizie.

Nobody likes bad news.

A Tom piacciono le belle cose.

Tom likes beautiful things.

Sai che a Tom piacciono le auto.

You know Tom likes cars.