Él le dijo buenas noches a sus padres.

English Translation

He said good night to his parents.

Hey everyone, since ‘padres’ is plural, why wouldn’t it be, 'El les dijo?!"

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I would say that él les dijo is proper, but since his parents are kind of a unit, él le dijo is very common. A quick literature search for “I told my parents” gave 2/3 sentences with le and 1/3 sentences with les (ignoring other variations).

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