please!¡por favor!;(as protest)¡por Dios!;(yes,) pleasesí, gracias;can you pass the salt, pleaseme pasas la sal, por favor;please don't cry!¡no llores, (te lo pido) por favor!;please don't interfere, Borishaz 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 bookle 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! or —¡cómo no!
please do not smokese ruega no fumar
the bill, please
verbo intransitivo
1(like, prefer)querer
he does whatever he pleaseshace lo que quiere or lo que le place;she can live where she pleasespuede vivir donde quiera or donde le plazca
if he (so) pleases, he can cancel the concessions
as you pleasecomo quieras
to [do] [as] one pleases
do as you pleasehaz lo que quieras;haz lo que te dé la gana (informal);she came over casually as you please and picked up my diaryse acercó con toda la tranquilidad del mundo y cogió mi agenda
gentlemen, if you please!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 pleasenuestro objetivo es complacer
to be anxiousoreager to pleasetener muchas ansias de quedar bien
a gift that is sure to pleaseun regalo que siempre gusta;un regalo que de seguro gustará
I did it just to please youlo hice únicamente para agradarte or complacerte;you can't please all of the people all of the timeno se puede complacer a todo el mundo todo el tiempo
music that pleases the earuna música grata al oído
he would do anything to please meSusan had spent much of her life trying to please othersThis prospect didn't please meshe married him to please her parents
she is easily pleasedse contenta con cualquier cosa
he is hard to pleasees difícil de contentar or complacer
there's no pleasing himno hay manera de contentarlo
to please [o.s.]
please yourself!¡haz lo que quieras!;¡haz lo que te dé la gana! (informal)
he has always pleased himself about holidaysI please myself what I eat
2(be the will of)
he will recover, please [God]!
may it please Your Majestysea esta la voluntad de su Majestad
sustantivo
she just took it without so much as a please or a thank youlo cogió sin ni siquiera dignarse a pedirlo por favor ni a dar las gracias
