gustar

Significado (Inglés)

  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

Frecuencia

B2
Con guion como
gus‧tar
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ɡusˈtaɾ/
Etimología (Inglés)

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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