gusto

See also: gustó and gustò

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʌstəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /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

• Czech: verva (cs) f, elán m
• Dutch: enthousiasme (nl) n
• Finnish: into (fi)

• Maori: wana
• Russian: аза́рт (ru) m (azárt), пыл (ru) m (pyl), смак (ru) m (smak) (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 (accusative singular guston, plural gustoj, accusative plural gustojn)

1. taste
2. flavor

Derived terms

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

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Galician

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ˈɡus̺.t̪ʊ]
• (dialectal) IPA^(key): [ˈħus̺.t̪ʊ]

Noun

gusto m (plural gustos)

1. taste (sense)
2. taste (flavour)
3. liking, preference, aesthetic preference
4. pleasure, enthusiasm
5. fancy, whim

Verb

gusto

1. first-person singular present indicative of gustar

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Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡust̪o]
• Rhymes: -usto
• Hyphenation: gù‧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

Hypernyms

• cinque sensi

Derived terms

• gustare
• gustativo
• gustoso

Verb

gusto

1. first-person singular present of gustare

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Latin

Etymology

From unattested *gustus (tasted), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵustós, from *ǵews- (“to taste”). Cognate with gustus (“a taste”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡus.toː/

Verb

gustō (present infinitive gustāre, perfect active gustāvī, supine gustātum); first conjugation

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

Inflection

Conjugation of gusto (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	gustō	gustās	gustat	gustāmus	gustātis	gustant
	imperfect	gustābam	gustābās	gustābat	gustābāmus	gustābātis	gustābant
	future	gustābō	gustābis	gustābit	gustābimus	gustābitis	gustābunt
	perfect	gustāvī	gustāvistī, gustāsti1	gustāvit	gustāvimus	gustāvistis, gustāstis1	gustāvērunt, gustāvēre
	pluperfect	gustāveram	gustāverās	gustāverat	gustāverāmus	gustāverātis	gustāverant
	future perfect	gustāverō	gustāveris	gustāverit	gustāverimus	gustāveritis	gustāverint
passive	present	gustor	gustāris, gustāre	gustātur	gustāmur	gustāminī	gustantur
	imperfect	gustābar	gustābāris, gustābāre	gustābātur	gustābāmur	gustābāminī	gustābantur
	future	gustābor	gustāberis, gustābere	gustābitur	gustābimur	gustābiminī	gustābuntur
	perfect	gustātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	gustātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	gustātus + future active 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, gustāssem1	gustāvissēs, gustāsses1	gustāvisset, gustāsset1	gustāvissēmus, gustāssemus1	gustāvissētis, gustāssetis1	gustāvissent, gustāssent1
passive	present	guster	gustēris, gustēre	gustētur	gustēmur	gustēminī	gustentur
	imperfect	gustārer	gustārēris, gustārēre	gustārētur	gustārēmur	gustārēminī	gustārentur
	perfect	gustātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	gustātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	gustā	—	—	gustāte	—
	future	—	gustātō	gustātō	—	gustātōte	gustantō
passive	present	—	gustāre	—	—	gustāminī	—
	future	—	gustātor	gustātor	—	—	gustantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		gustāre	gustāvisse, gustāsse1	gustātūrus esse	gustārī	gustātus esse	gustātum īrī
participles		gustāns	—	gustātūrus	—	gustātus	gustandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		gustāre	gustandī	gustandō	gustandum	gustātum	gustātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

• dēgustō
• praegustō
• regustō

Descendants

• Aromanian: gustu, gustare
• Catalan: gustar
• English: degustation, gusto
• French: goûter
• Friulian: gustâ
• Italian: gustare
• Norman: gouôter

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

References

• gusto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gusto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “gusto” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to have a superficial knowledge, a smattering of literature, of the sciences: primis (ut dicitur) or primoribus labris gustare or attingere litteras
    
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 399

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡustɔ/

Adverb

gusto (comparative gusćej, superlative nejgusćej)

1. thickly, densely

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡûːsto/
• Hyphenation: gu‧sto

Adverb

gȗsto (Cyrillic spelling гу̑сто)

1. densely

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡus.to/

Noun

gusto m (plural gustos)

1. taste (sense)

   El gusto es uno de los cinco 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

• a gusto
• gustar
• gustoso
• gustosamente
• buen gusto
• mal gusto
• mucho gusto

Verb

gusto

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of gustar.

References

• “gusto” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.