le plazca

pleases him or her; is to his or her liking

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pleases him or her; is to his or her liking Often used in expressions like “cuando le plazca” (“whenever he or she likes”). It is a formal-sounding subjunctive form of “placer.”

SP: Tom puede visitarme cuando le plazca.

EN: Tom can visit me whenever he likes.

Dejas que ella haga lo que le plazca.

You let her do whatever she pleases.

— हैदर (2014)

El viento sopla hacia donde le plazca.

The wind blows wherever it pleases.

El señor puede ir y venir según le plazca.

The man can come and go as he pleases.

— La Linterna Roja (1991)

Una persona que tiene derecho a vivir como le plazca.

A person who has the right to live however they please.

— Como agua para chocolate (1992)

Tom puede visitarme cuando le plazca.

Tom can visit me whenever he likes.

Será como le plazca al Rey, mi padre.

It will be as the King, my father, pleases.

— Henry V (1989)

¿Así que puede hacer lo que le plazca?

So he can do whatever he likes?