gustar

Bedeutung

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

Frequenz

Mit Bindestrich als

gus‧tar

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ɡusˈtaɾ/

Etymologie

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.