él agradó

pleased, was pleasing to; liked

→ agradar
agrad to please, to appeal to + ó 3rd-person singular preterite
verb · 3rd-person singular, past tense Rare #51,908
pleased, was pleasing to; liked Often translated as “liked”: the person who liked something is expressed with an indirect object pronoun.
SP: A Marta le agradó la película.
EN: Marta liked the movie.
Conjugation of agradar
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third agradó —

Tom eventualmente encontró un trabajo que le agradó.

Tom eventually found a job he liked.

Me agradó su compañía.

I enjoyed their company.

Le agradó la noticia.

He/She liked the news.

— Los chicos del coro (2004)

Nunca me agradó ese chico.

I never liked that boy.

— Espantoso (2026)