Volere vs Piacere

Wants versus likes with subject inversion patterns.

Open VolereOpen Piacere

What to focus on

  • Desire versus preference
  • Agreement and pronoun behavior
  • High-frequency conversation templates

Volere

to want

Piacere

(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 mela ― I like this apple (literally, “This apple is pleasing to me”)