gusto

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See also: Gusto, gustó, and gustò

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian gusto, from Latin gustus (“taste”). Doublet of cost (see Etymology 3 there).

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

gusto (uncountable)

  1. Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor.
    He sang with more gusto than talent.
    • 1937, Rodgers and Hart (lyrics and music), “Johnny One Note”:
      Sing, Johnny One-Note / Sing out with gusto / And just overwhelm all the crowd
    • 1993, Paul Chadwick, The Dictator’s Dream, Dark Horse Books:
      And the sound increases … the power grows … gusto becomes something else: rage.
    • 2018 June 17, Barney Ronay, “Mexico’s Hirving Lozano stuns world champions Germany for brilliant win”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 August 2019:
      Germany regeared for the second half: same shape, more control. Mexico had lost some of their vim. And before long the game had turned on its head, with Germany able to keep the ball now, Kroos hitting his range, and Mexico less adept at seizing possession, unable to spring forward with such gusto.
  2. (rare) An individual's fondness or liking of a particular flavour
    • 1672, William Wycherley, Love in Wood:
      Why should you force wine upon us? We are not all of your gusto.
  3. (Of art) The style in which a work is done, artistic style. (occasionally) the prevailing style in matters of taste.
  4. (obsolete) Aesthetic appreciation.
  5. (obsolete, rare) (Of food) Flavour or savour

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Bikol Central[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish gusto.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: gus‧to
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡusto/, [ˈɡus.to]

Verb[edit]

gústo (Basahan spelling ᜄᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜓ) (Naga)

  1. to like
    Gusto ko siya.
    I like him/her.
  2. to want; to desire
    Gusto ko nin sorbetes.
    I want ice cream.
    Gusto mo bayang mahiling sinda?
    Do you want to see them?
  3. to mean something
    Ano an gusto mong sabihon?
    What do you mean? / What do you want to say?

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Catalan[edit]

Verb[edit]

gusto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of gustar

Esperanto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin gustus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

  1. taste
  2. flavor

Derived terms[edit]

Galician[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin gustus.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

gusto m (plural gustos)

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

Verb[edit]

gusto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of gustar

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡu.sto/
  • Rhymes: -usto
  • Hyphenation: gù‧sto

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin gustus (“taste”), from Proto-Italic *gustus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus. It was possibly a semi-learned borrowing.

Noun[edit]

gusto m (plural gusti)

  1. taste (the sense)
  2. taste, flavour/flavor
    Synonym: sapore
  3. gusto, enjoyment, relish
  4. fancy, whim
  5. (in the plural) preferences
Hypernyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • → Alemannic German: Gust
  • → English: gusto
  • → Serbo-Croatian: gušt

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

gusto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of gustare

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

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

  1. to taste, sample
  2. to snack; to whet one's appetite

Conjugation[edit]

   Conjugation of gustō (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,
gustāstī1 		gustāvit,
gustāt1 		gustāvimus,
gustāmus1 		gustāvistis,
gustāstis1 		gustāvērunt,
gustāvēre,
gustārunt1
pluperfect gustāveram,
gustāram1 		gustāverās,
gustārās1 		gustāverat,
gustārat1 		gustāverāmus,
gustārāmus1 		gustāverātis,
gustārātis1 		gustāverant,
gustārant1
future perfect gustāverō,
gustārō1 		gustāveris,
gustāris1 		gustāverit,
gustārit1 		gustāverimus,
gustārimus1 		gustāveritis,
gustāritis1 		gustāverint,
gustārint1
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,
gustārim1 		gustāverīs,
gustārīs1 		gustāverit,
gustārit1 		gustāverīmus,
gustārīmus1 		gustāverītis,
gustārītis1 		gustāverint,
gustārint1
pluperfect gustāvissem,
gustāssem1 		gustāvissēs,
gustāssēs1 		gustāvisset,
gustāsset1 		gustāvissēmus,
gustāssēmus1 		gustāvissētis,
gustāssētis1 		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 		gustātūrum esse gustārī gustātum esse gustātum īrī
participles gustāns — gustātūrus — gustātus gustandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
gustandī gustandō gustandum gustandō gustātum gustātū

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

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References[edit]

  • “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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], 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, →ISBN
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 399

Lower Sorbian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

gusto (comparative gusćej, superlative nejgusćej)

  1. thickly, densely

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Adverb[edit]

gȗsto (Cyrillic spelling гу̑сто)

  1. densely

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡusto/ [ˈɡus.t̪o]
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -usto
  • Syllabification: gus‧to

Etymology 1[edit]

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.[1]

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

gusto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of gustar

References[edit]

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish gusto, from Latin gustus.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: gus‧to
  • IPA(key): /ɡusˈto/, [ɡʊsˈto]
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡusto/, [ˈɡus.to]

Noun[edit]

gustó (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜓ)

  1. want; like; desire
    Synonyms: kagustuhan, kursunada, nais, ibig
    Ang gusto ko ay sorbetes.
    What I want is ice cream.

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Verb[edit]

gustó or gusto (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜓ)

  1. (pseudoverb) to want; to like
    Synonyms: ibig, nais
    Gusto ko ng sorbetes.
    I want ice cream.

Anagrams[edit]

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