1. translated as "to like", analyzable in structure as "to please" [with dative ‘someone’] (the thing being liked is the subject, while the "liker" is in the dative case ("indirect object")). See the usage notes for more. Compare similar structures in Italian piacere, Romanian plăcea, German gefallen and Russian нравиться (nravitʹsja).

a. to like in a general sense

b. to like romantically

c. to like the taste of (some food)

2. to want, to please (intransitive, chiefly Latin America)

3. to like, to enjoy (intransitive, Latin America)

4. to want, to desire (transitive, Latin America)

5. to taste, to try (determine the flavour of something by putting it in one's mouth) (transitive, uncommon)

6. to experiment, to try (transitive, uncommon)