gustar
Meaning
- (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
Synonyms
probar el sabor
querer que
tener gusto
ser atraído por
calar melón
Translations
piacere
gefallen
agradar
aimer
gostar
bevallenFrequency
Hyphenated as
gus‧tar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡusˈtaɾ/
Etymology
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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