gustar

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (transitive) to taste, to try (determine the flavour of something by putting it in one's mouth)
  2. (transitive) to experiment, to try
  3. (intransitive) to please, to be liked by (takes an indirect object)
  4. (formal, intransitive, uncommon) to like, to enjoy
  5. (transitive) to want, to please

Frekwensie

B2
Gekoppel as
gus‧tar
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ɡusˈtaɾ/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

Borrowed in this form from Latin gustāre. Replaced the inherited Old Spanish form gostar. See gusto. The use of this verb to mean "like" is a uniquely Ibero-Romance development. Compare Portuguese gostar.

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