Meaning
to please, suit
- to please, to suit, or to be agreeable to someone (mostly used impersonally or in fixed expressions)
In a sentence
Fai pure come meglio ti aggrada.
Do whatever suits you best.
Questa proposta non sembra aggradare a tutti i presenti.
This proposal does not seem to please everyone present.
Possiamo sederci qui, se vi aggrada?
May we sit here, if it pleases you?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| aggradare | infinitive |
| aggrado | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| aggradi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| aggrada | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| aggradiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| aggradate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| aggradano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| aggradavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| aggradavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| aggradava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| aggradavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| aggradavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| aggradavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| aggradai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| aggradasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| aggradò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| aggradammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| aggradaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| aggradarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| aggraderò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| aggraderai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| aggraderà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| aggraderemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| aggraderete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| aggraderanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| aggradi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| aggradi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| aggradi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| aggradiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| aggradiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| aggradino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| aggradassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| aggradassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| aggradasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| aggradassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| aggradaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| aggradassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| aggraderei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| aggraderesti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| aggraderebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| aggraderemmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| aggradereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| aggraderebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| aggrada | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| aggradiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| aggradate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| aggradando | gerund |
| aggradato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Literary: archaic and formal, rare in modern speech outside idiomatic phrases like 'come ti aggrada'.
- Takes indirect object pronouns like 'piacere' (e.g. 'se vi aggrada').