piacere

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin placēre. Compare Romanian plăcea, French plaire, Occitan plaser.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pjaˈt͡ʃe.re/[1]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ere
  • Hyphenation: pia‧cé‧re

Verb

piacére (first-person singular present piàccio, first-person singular past historic piàcqui, past participle piaciùto, auxiliary èssere)

  1. (intransitive) (followed by a or preceded by an indirect object) to be pleasing to (usually translated into English as like with exchange of the subject and object)
    Mi piace questa melaI like this apple (literally, “This apple is pleasing to me”)
  2. (intransitive) to be fond of

Conjugation

Derived terms

Noun

piacere m (plural piaceri)

  1. pleasure, enjoyment
  2. delight
  3. favour/favor, kindness

Interjection

piacere

  1. pleased to meet you
    Piacere, AlbertoPleased to meet you, Alberto

References

  1. ^ piacere in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025

Anagrams