gusto

See also gustó, and gustò

English

Etymology

From Italian gusto, from Latin gustus (“tasting”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɡʌstəʊ/
• (US) IPA: /ˈɡʌstoʊ/
• Rhymes: -ʌstəʊ

Noun

gusto (uncountable)

1. enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor

   He sang with more gusto than talent.

   • 1993, Paul Chadwick, The Dictator’s Dream, Dark Horse Books

     And the sound increases … the power grows … gusto becomes something else: rage.

Translations

enthusiasm

• Dutch: enthousiasme (nl) n
• Finnish: into (fi)

• Russian: азарт (ru) (azárt) m, пыл (ru) (pyl) m, смак (ru) (smak) m (esp. for food)

Anagrams

• gouts

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Catalan

Verb

gusto

1. First-person singular present indicative form of gustar.

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Esperanto

Noun

gusto (plural gustoj, accusative singular guston, accusative plural gustojn)

1. taste
2. flavor

Derived terms

• gusta (“of or related to taste”)
• gusti (“to have a taste”)
• gustigi (“to taste like”)

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Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɡus.to/

Verb

gusto

1. first-person singular present indicative of gustar

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin gustus (“tasting”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈɡuː.st̪o], X-SAMPA: /"gu:.sto/

Noun

gusto m (plural gusti)

1. taste (the sense)
2. taste, flavour
3. gusto, enjoyment, relish
4. fancy, whim
5. (plural) preferences

Synonyms

• (flavour): sapore

Derived terms

• gustare
• gustativo
• gustoso

Verb

gusto

1. first-person singular present tense of gustare

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Latin

Etymology

From gustus (“a tasting, sampling”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈɡus.toː/

Verb

present active gustō, present infinitive gustāre, perfect active gustāvī, supine gustātum.

1. I taste, sample.
2. I snack; I whet my appetite.

Inflection

First Conjugation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	gustō	gustās	gustat	gustāmus	gustātis	gustant
	future	gustābō	gustābis	gustābit	gustābimus	gustābitis	gustābunt
	imperfect	gustābam	gustābās	gustābat	gustābāmus	gustābātis	gustābant
	perfect	gustāvī	gustāvistī	gustāvit	gustāvimus	gustāvistis	gustāvērunt
	future perfect	gustāverō	gustāveris	gustāverit	gustāverimus	gustāveritis	gustāverint
	pluperfect	gustāveram	gustāverās	gustāverat	gustāverāmus	gustāverātis	gustāverant
passive	present	gustor	gustāris	gustātur	gustāmur	gustāminī	gustantur
	future	gustābor	gustāberis	gustābitur	gustābimur	gustābiminī	gustābuntur
	imperfect	gustābar	gustābāris	gustābātur	gustābāmur	gustābāminī	gustābantur
	perfect	Use gustātus m, gustāta f, gustātum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use gustātus m, gustāta f, gustātum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use gustātus m, gustāta f, gustātum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	gustem	gustēs	gustet	gustēmus	gustētis	gustent
	imperfect	gustārem	gustārēs	gustāret	gustārēmus	gustārētis	gustārent
	perfect	gustāverim	gustāverīs	gustāverit	gustāverīmus	gustāverītis	gustāverint
	pluperfect	gustāvissem	gustāvissēs	gustāvisset	gustāvissēmus	gustāvissētis	gustāvissent
passive	present	guster	gustēris	gustētur	gustēmur	gustēminī	gustentur
	imperfect	gustārer	gustārēris	gustārētur	gustārēmur	gustārēminī	gustārentur
	perfect	Use gustātus m, gustāta f, gustātum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use gustātus m, gustāta f, gustātum n followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	gustā	gustātō	gustātō	gustāre	gustātor	gustātor
	plural	gustāte	gustātōte	gustantō	gustāminī	—	gustantor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		gustāre	gustāvisse	gustātūrus esse	gustārī	gustātus esse	gustātum īrī
participles		gustāns (gustantis)	—	gustātūrus-ra, -rum	—	gustātus-a, -um	gustandus-nda, -ndum

Descendants

Aromanian: gustu, gustare Catalan: gustar French: goûter Friulian: gustâ Italian: gustare Jèrriais: gouôter

Portuguese: gostar Romanian: gusta Romansch: gustar, guster Sardinian: gustai, gustare Spanish: gustar

References

• gusto in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡûːsto/
• Hyphenation: gu‧sto

Adverb

gȗsto (Cyrillic spelling гу̑сто)

1. densely

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin gustus (“tasting”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɡus.to/

Noun

gusto m (plural gustos)

1. taste (sense)

   El gusto es uno de los sentidos.

   Taste is one of the five senses.

2. taste (flavour)
3. liking, preference, aesthetic preference
4. pleasure, enthusiasm

   Es un gusto que nos visites.

   It’s a pleasure to see you.

   Lo haré con gusto.

   I will do it gladly.

5. fancy, whim

   Me di el gusto de bailar.

   I enjoyed dancing.

Derived terms

• gustar
• gustoso
• gustosamente
• buen gusto
• mal gusto

Verb

gusto (infinitive gustar)

1. first-person singular present tense form of gustar