Meaning
gustar
- (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
Concepts
sense of taste
see con mucho gusto
see tanto gusto
see tomar gusto a
organoleptic properties
organoleptic quality
gustatory modality
gustatory perception
gustatory sensation
taste perception
taste sensation
刻
国
酷
石
avocation
Synonyms
buen sabor
apetecibilidad
calidad organoléptica
propiedades organolépticas
rasgos organolépticos
sentido del gusto
gustirrinín
Translations
Frequency
Hyphenated as
gus‧to
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɡusto/
Etymology
In summary
Borrowed from Latin gustus (“taste”), from Proto-Italic *gustus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus. Replaced the inherited Old Spanish form gosto. The learned word has a more abstract meaning overall.
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