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. It was possibly a semi-learned borrowing.

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

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, 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

   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