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Webster 1913 Edition


Gusto

Gus′to

,
Noun.
[It. or Sp., fr. L.
gustus
; akin to E.
choose
. Cf. 2d
Gust
,
Goût
.]
Nice or keen appreciation or enjoyment; relish; taste; fancy;
as, he ate it with
gusto
.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition


Gusto

GUST'O

,
Noun.
Relish; that which excites pleasant sensations in the palate or tongue.
1.
Intellectual taste. [Little used.]

Definition 2024


gusto

gusto

See also: gustó and gustò

English

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.

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Catalan

Verb

gusto

  1. first-person singular present indicative form of gustar

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)

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡus.to/

Verb

gusto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of gustar

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈgus.to/, [ˈgus̪t̪o]
  • 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

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Derived terms

Verb

gusto

  1. first-person singular present of gustare

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. 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 gustāvit gustāvimus gustāvistis 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 gustāvissēs gustāvisset gustāvissēmus gustāvissētis gustāvissent
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 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

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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

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

Verb

gusto

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

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