gusto

See also: Gusto, gustó, and gustò

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ʌstəʊ

Noun

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, 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.
   • 1712, John James (architect), Theory & Practice of Gardening:

     The Designs..are of very mean Gusto.

4. (obsolete) Aesthetic appreciation.
   • 1709, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, Moralists:

     Another, who has no Gusto of either sort, believes all those they call Virtuosi to be half-distracted.

5. (obsolete, rare) (Of food) Flavour or savour
   • 1836, Mary Austin Holley, History of Texas:

     Melons of the richest gusto abound everywhere.

Translations

enthusiasm

Czech: verva (cs) f, elán m Dutch: enthousiasme (nl) n, uitbundigheid (nl) f Finnish: into (fi) French: enthousiasme (fr) m German: Begeisterung (de) f, Überschwänglichkeit (de) f, Enthusiasmus (de) m, Ausgelassenheit (de) f Maori: wana Occitan: estrambòrd (oc) m, entosiasme (oc) m, afogament (oc) m Russian: аза́рт (ru) m (azárt), пыл (ru) m (pyl), смак (ru) m (smak) (esp. for food)

Anagrams

• gouts

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gusto.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

gústo (plural gurusto, 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?

Synonyms

• buot
• muya
• suno

Antonyms

• habo

Derived terms

• gustohon
• kagustohan
• maggusto
• magusto
• magustohan

Related terms

• disgusto

Catalan

Verb

gusto

1. first-person singular present indicative of gustar

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin gustus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡusto]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -usto
• Hyphenation: gus‧to

Noun

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

1. taste
2. flavor

Derived terms

• antaŭgusto (“foretaste”)
• bongusta (“tasty”)
• gusta (“of or related to taste”)
• gusti (“to have a taste”)
• gustigi (“to taste like”)
• gustumi (“to taste, sample”)

See also

Basic tastes in Esperanto · gustoj (layout · text)
dolĉa	acida	sala	amara	akra	bongusta

Galician

Alternative forms

• gosto

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin gustus.

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

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

• cinque sensi

Derived terms

• gustare
• gustativo
• gustoso

Descendants

• → Alemannic German: Gust
• → English: gusto
• → Serbo-Croatian: gušt

Etymology 2

Verb

gusto

1. first-person singular present indicative of gustare

Further reading

• gusto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡus.toː/, [ˈɡʊs̠t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡus.to/, [ˈɡust̪o]

Verb

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

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

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, gustārunt, gustāvēre1
	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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		gustāre			gustārī			gustāns			—
future		gustātūrum esse			gustātum īrī			gustātūrus			gustandus
perfect		gustāvisse, gustāsse1			gustātum esse			—			gustātus
future perfect		—			gustātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		gustātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		gustandī		gustandō		gustandum		gustandō		gustātum		gustātū

   Conjugation of gustō (first conjugation)

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

Derived terms

• dēgustō
• gustātiō
• praegustō
• regustō

Descendants

• Aromanian: gustu, gustari
• Catalan: gustar
• Old Francoprovençal: gostar
  • Franco-Provençal: gôtar
• Old French: goster
  • Middle French: gouster
    • French: goûter
  • Norman: goûter
  • Picard: goûter
  • Walloon: goster
• Friulian: gustâ
• Galician: gustar
• Italian: gustare
• Ladin: gusté
• Old Galician-Portuguese: gostar
• Old Spanish: gostar
• Piedmontese: gusté
• Portuguese: gostar
• Romanian: gusta, gustare
• Romansch: gustar, guster
• Sardinian: gustai, gustare
• Sicilian: gustari
• Spanish: gustar
• Walloon: goster

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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡustɔ/

Adverb

gusto (comparative gusćej, superlative nejgusćej)

1. thickly, densely

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

gȗsto (Cyrillic spelling гу̑сто)

1. densely

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡusto/ [ˈɡus.t̪o]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -usto
• Syllabification: gus‧to

Etymology 1

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

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
• agarrar el gusto
• al gusto
• buen gusto
• caer en gusto
• con mucho gusto
• dar gusto
• en la variedad está el gusto
• gustar
• gustillo
• gustosamente
• gustoso
• mal gusto
• mucho gusto
• nunca llueve a gusto de todos
• para gustos colores
• por gusto
• regusto
• relamerse de gusto
• sarna con gusto no pica
• sobre gustos no hay nada escrito
• tanto gusto

Etymology 2

Verb

gusto

1. first-person singular present indicative of gustar

References

1. Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “gusto”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Further reading

• “gusto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gusto, from Latin gustus.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɡusˈto/ [ɡʊsˈt̪o], (rare) /ˈɡusto/ [ˈɡus.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -o, (rare) -usto
• Syllabification: gus‧to

Noun

gustó or gusto (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. want; like; desire

   Synonyms: kagustuhan, kursunada, nais, ibig

   Ang gusto ko ay sorbetes.

   What I want is ice cream.

Derived terms

• di-pagkakagusto
• gustong-gusto
• gustuhin
• kagustuhan
• magkagusto
• magkagustuhan
• magustuhan
• magustuhin
• pagkagusto
• pagkakagusto
• sa ayaw at sa gusto
• sagustuhan

Related terms

• desgustado
• desgusto

See also

• gusto kita

Verb

gustó or gusto (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. (pseudoverb) to want; to like

   Synonyms: ibig, nais

   Gusto ko ng sorbetes.

   I want ice cream.

Anagrams

• gusot