please

por favor

adverb

please
[pliːz]
adverbio
1por favor
  • please don't cry -> no llores, por favor
  • please tell me… -> dime…
  • may I? — please do -> ¿puedo? — por favor or no faltaba más
  • please sit down -> tome asiento, por favor
  • please don't interrupt! -> ¡no interrumpas!
  • yes, please! -> ¡sí!
verbo transitivo
2complacer, agradar (give pleasure to)
  • you can't please everybody -> no se puede complacer a todo el mundo
  • please yourself! -> ¡como quieras!
  • to be easy/hard to please -> ser fácil/difícil de complacer
  • please God! -> ¡ojalá!
verbo intransitivo
3(like)
  • he does as he pleases -> hace lo que quiere
  • this way, if you please -> por aquí, por favor
  • and then, if you please, he blamed me for it! -> ¡y luego, por si fuera poco, me echó la culpa a mí!
4agradar, complacer (give pleasure)
  • to be eager to please -> estar ansioso(a) por agradar

please [plis]
1Deleitar, agradar, dar gusto (delight).
2Contentar, complacer.
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
3Placer, agradar, gustar, gozar (like). (n)
4Querer, gustar, tener a bien, hallar por bueno. (n)
  • To be pleased -> complacerse, recrearse, deleitarse
  • Do as you please -> haga Ud
  • Please God, o if God please, o if it please God -> ¡Dios lo quiera
  • Hard to please -> difícil de contentar
  • Ill pleased -> malcontento
  • Please come as soon as you can -> sírvase Ud
  • Please go in -> sírvase Ud
  • Please, sir, if you please -> con permiso de Ud
interjección
  • Yes, please -> sí, gracias
  • Please sit down -> siéntese, por favor
va. lo que guste. ¡plegue a Dios! venir lo más pronto que pueda. entrar.

please [pliːz]
interjection
please! ¡por favor!; (as protest) ¡por Dios!; (yes,) please sí, gracias; can you pass the salt, please me pasas la sal, por favor; please don't cry! ¡no llores, (te lo pido) por favor!; please don't interfere, Boris haz el favor de no meterte, Boris; no te metas, Boris, por favor; please be seated (said by interviewer, doctor etc) siéntese; (said over intercom, in plane, theatre etc) les rogamos tomen asiento; please accept this book le ruego acepte este libro; oh, please! not that song again! ¡oh no! ¡esa canción otra vez no por favor!; "may I?" — "please do" —¿puedo? —¡por supuesto! —¡cómo no!;or
please do not smoke se ruega no fumar
the bill, please
verb:intransitive
1 (like, prefer) querer
he does whatever he pleases hace lo que quiere lo que le place;or she can live where she pleases puede vivir donde quiera donde le plazca;or
if he (so) pleases, he can cancel the concessions
as you pleaseas como quieras
to [do] [as] one pleases
do as you please haz lo que quieras; haz lo que te dé la gana; (informal) she came over casually as you please and picked up my diary (informal) se acercó con toda la tranquilidad del mundo y cogió mi agenda
gentlemen, if you please!if (formal) señores, por favor; señores, si son tan amables
[if] you please
he wanted ten, if you please! quería llevarse diez, ¡a quién se le ocurre!; quería llevarse diez, ¡qué cara!; (informal) we'll have none of that language if you please! ¡mucho cuidadito con usar ese lenguaje!
2 (cause satisfaction)
we aim to pleaseaim nuestro objetivo es complacer
to be anxious eager to pleaseanxiousoreager tener muchas ansias de quedar bien
a gift that is sure to pleasesure un regalo que siempre gusta; un regalo que de seguro gustará
verb:transitive
1 (give pleasure to) agradar; complacer; (satisfy) complacer
I did it just to please you lo hice únicamente para agradarte complacerte;or you can't please all of the people all of the time no se puede complacer a todo el mundo todo el tiempo
music that pleases the earear una música grata al oído
he would do anything to please me Susan had spent much of her life trying to please others This prospect didn't please me she married him to please her parents
she is easily pleasedeasily se contenta con cualquier cosa
he is hard to pleasehard es difícil de contentar complacer;or
there's no pleasing himno no hay manera de contentarlo
to please [o.s.]
please yourself!yourself ¡haz lo que quieras!; ¡haz lo que te dé la gana!; (informal)
he has always pleased himself about holidays I please myself what I eat
2 (formal) (be the will of)
he will recover, please [God]!
may it please Your Majesty sea esta la voluntad de su Majestad
noun
she just took it without so much as a please or a thank you lo cogió sin ni siquiera dignarse a pedirlo por favor ni a dar las gracias

Verb Conjugation for "please"

Imperative
  • please
  • you please
  • he/she pleases
  • we please
  • you please
  • they please
Preterite
  • I pleased
  • you pleased
  • he/she pleased
  • we pleased
  • you pleased
  • they pleased
Present Continuous
  • I am pleasing
  • you are pleasing
  • he/she is pleasing
  • we are pleasing
  • you are pleasing
  • they are pleasing
Present Perfect
  • I have pleased
  • you have pleased
  • he/she has pleased
  • we have pleased
  • you have pleased
  • they have pleased
Past Continuous
  • I was pleasing
  • you were pleasing
  • he/she was pleasing
  • we were pleasing
  • you were pleasing
  • they were pleasing
Past Perfect
  • I had pleased
  • you had pleased
  • he/she had pleased
  • we had pleased
  • you had pleased
  • they had pleased
Future
  • I will please
  • you will please
  • he/she will please
  • we will please
  • you will please
  • they will please
Future Perfect
  • I will have pleased
  • you will have pleased
  • he/she will have pleased
  • we will have pleased
  • you will have pleased
  • they will have pleased
Future Continuous
  • I will be pleasing
  • you will be pleasing
  • he/she will be pleasing
  • we will be pleasing
  • you will be pleasing
  • they will be pleasing
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been pleasing
  • you have been pleasing
  • he/she has been pleasing
  • we have been pleasing
  • you have been pleasing
  • they have been pleasing
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been pleasing
  • you will have been pleasing
  • he/she will have been pleasing
  • we will have been pleasing
  • you will have been pleasing
  • they will have been pleasing
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been pleasing
  • you had been pleasing
  • he/she had been pleasing
  • we had been pleasing
  • you had been pleasing
  • they had been pleasing