él place

pleases, is pleasing to

ˈp l a θ e → placer

plac please; give pleasure + e 3rd-person singular present (also tú command)

verb · 3rd-person singular, present tense / 2nd-person singular Rare #44,656

pleases, is pleasing to Used mostly in the expression «hacer lo que a alguien le place» (“to do whatever someone pleases”); this is somewhat formal or literary.

SP: Puedes hacer lo que te place.

EN: You can do whatever you please.

Conjugation of placer

Indicative present

	Singular	Plural
Third	place	—

Subjunctive present

	Singular	Plural
Third	place	—

Imperative

	Singular	Plural
Second	place	—

Iré si me place.

I'll go if I feel like it.

— Nazarín (1959)

¡En mi casa hago aquello que me parece y me place!

In my own home, I do whatever I want!

— Divorzio all'italiana (1961)

Estamos dispuestos a conocer lo que le place a nuestro primo el Delfín.

We are eager to find out what pleases our cousin the Dolphin.

— Henry V (1989)

¡Los Soubeyran hacen lo que les place y nosotros también!

The Soubeyrans do whatever they please, and so do we!

— Jean de Florette (1986)

¡En mi casa hago lo que me place!

In my house, I do whatever I want!

— Amarcord (1973)

El clima hace lo que le place.

The weather does what it pleases.

— Jean de Florette (1986)

Sounds similar to

plazo ˈp l a θ o plaza ˈp l a θ a