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please2

/pliːz/ [pleased, pleasing]

Translation

v [t, i]
agradar
complacer
Don't do it just to please me, do it because you want to
No lo hagas solo por complacerme, hazlo porque quieres
contentar
{anything/what} you please
lo que quieras
{as/whatever} you please
como quieras
to please oneself (inform)
hacer lo que uno quiera
(Definition of please v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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