gustar

(Englisch)

  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

Frequenz

B2
Mit Bindestrich als
gus‧tar
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ɡusˈtaɾ/
Etymologie (Englisch)

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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