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loro piacessero

liked, pleased

→ piacere
piac to please; to be pleasing (to someone) + essero 3rd person plural imperfect subjunctive
verb · third plural · imperfect subjunctive Rare #38,760
liked, pleased Used in the imperfect subjunctive (often after expressions like “I doubted that…”, “it was possible that…”, etc.).
IT: Dubito che ti piacessero quei film.
EN: I doubt you liked those movies.
Conjugation of piacere
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
Third piacesse piacessero

E se le piacessero gli animali?

What if she liked animals?

— Love Letters (2025)

Pensavo ti piacessero.

I thought you liked them.

— Elephant (2003)

Pensavo non le piacessero.

I thought she didn’t like them.

Pensavo non vi piacessero.

I thought you didn't like them.

Io pensavo che a Tom non piacessero i gatti.

I thought Tom didn't like cats.