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gusto

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See also: Gusto, gustó, and gustò

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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.
  4. (obsolete) Aesthetic appreciation.
  5. (obsolete, rare) (Of food) Flavour or savour

Translations

Anagrams

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gusto.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

gústo or gustó (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

Antonyms

Derived terms

Catalan

Verb

gusto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of gustar

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin gustus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡusto]
  • Audio:(file)
  • 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)
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Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin gustus.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /ˈɡusto/ [ˈɡus̺.t̪ʊ]
  • IPA(key): (gheada) /ˈħusto/ [ˈħus̺.t̪ʊ]

  • Rhymes: -usto
  • Hyphenation: gus‧to

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
Derived terms
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

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

More information indicative, singular ...
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
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   Conjugation of gustō (first conjugation)

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

Derived terms

Descendants

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

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

Tagalog

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