How to Say ‘What do you like?’ in Italian
Cosa ti piace?
KO-sa tee pee-AH-cheh
[KO-sa tee pee-AH-cheh]
💬 Usage Tip: piace works backwards from English: the thing liked is the subject, and ti is "to you." So it's literally "what pleases you?"
Phrase Breakdown
Cosa
[KO-sa]
What
Used to specify something unknown.
Dire cosa vuoi vedere.
Say what you want to watch.
ti
[tee]
to you
Indirect object pronoun meaning to you in expressions like interessare.
Ti interessa? questa opportunità?
Does this opportunity interest you?
piace
[pee-AH-cheh]
is pleasing; I like
From piacere; literally means is pleasing to me, used to say I like something.
Mi piace l'idea di fare networking in modo naturale.
I like the idea of networking in a natural way.
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