मेरी दोस्त को गपशप पसंद है।

मेरी agrees with दोस्त here, and the friend is understood to be female.

In Hindi, possessive words like मेरा / मेरी / मेरे change to match the gender and number of the thing possessed:

• मेरा दोस्त = my male friend
• मेरी दोस्त = my female friend

So मेरी दोस्त tells you the speaker’s friend is female.

Yes, in this sentence it refers to a female friend, but दोस्त is often used for either male or female in everyday Hindi.

That is why Hindi often shows the gender through other words around it, such as:

• मेरा दोस्त = my male friend
• मेरी दोस्त = my female friend

If someone wants a more clearly feminine word, they might use सहेली, but दोस्त is very common and natural.

को marks the person who experiences the liking.

Hindi usually expresses to like with the pattern:

X को Y पसंद है
= X likes Y
Literally, it is closer to Y is pleasing to X.

So:

• मेरी दोस्त को = to my friend
• गपशप पसंद है = gossip is liked / is pleasing

That is why को is needed here.

Hindi often does not use a direct verb equivalent to English like in this structure. Instead, it uses:

पसंद है

This works more like is liked / is pleasing than a normal action verb.

So:

• मुझे चाय पसंद है = I like tea
• उसे फिल्में पसंद हैं = he/she likes movies

This is one of the most common Hindi patterns, so it is worth memorizing as a whole.

पसंद means liking, preference, or liked, depending on how it is used. With है, it forms the common expression for liking something:

• पसंद है = is liked / is pleasing
• पसंद हैं = are liked / are pleasing

So गपशप पसंद है means likes gossip or more literally gossip is liked.

Because गपशप is being treated as a singular or mass noun here.

Compare:

• मेरी दोस्त को गपशप पसंद है। = My friend likes gossip.
• मेरी दोस्त को कहानियाँ पसंद हैं। = My friend likes stories.

With a plural thing, Hindi uses हैं. With गपशप, singular है is natural.

गपशप usually means gossip, chit-chat, or idle talk.

Depending on context, it can sound:

• light and casual: chatting
• slightly negative: gossiping

So this sentence could suggest either that the friend enjoys gossip or that she likes chatting, depending on tone and context.

Yes, the word order is normal for Hindi.

The sentence is:

मेरी दोस्त को गपशप पसंद है।

A literal breakdown is:

• मेरी दोस्त को = to my friend
• गपशप = gossip
• पसंद है = is liked

So the structure is closer to:

To my friend, gossip is pleasing.

Hindi often organizes this kind of sentence differently from English, even though the meaning is simply My friend likes gossip.

That is not the most natural way to say it.

For like, Hindi strongly prefers:

मेरी दोस्त को गपशप पसंद है।

If you want to talk about the activity of gossiping, you could say:

मेरी दोस्त को गपशप करना पसंद है।
= My friend likes gossiping.

So:

• गपशप पसंद है = likes gossip
• गपशप करना पसंद है = likes gossiping / likes to gossip

Yes, sometimes it can.

गपशप can refer to:

• gossip
• casual chatting
• chit-chat

So the exact feeling depends on context. If the situation is friendly and informal, it may mean she likes chatting. If the context is more critical, it may mean she likes gossip.

That is why this word can feel slightly broader than the English word gossip alone.