gosto

Galician

Alternative forms

• gusto

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin gustus.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡosto/ [ˈɡos̺.t̪ʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈɡosto/ [ˈɡos̺.t̪ʊ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ˈħosto/ [ˈħos̺.t̪ʊ]

• Rhymes: -osto
• Hyphenation: gos‧to

Noun

gosto m (plural gostos)

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

Verb

gosto

1. first-person singular present indicative of gostar

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese gosto, from Latin gustus, from Proto-Italic *gustus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus.

Alternative forms

• gôsto (pre-reform spelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡos.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡos.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɡoʃ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡos.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡoʃ.tu/

• (Northeast Brazil, North Brazil) IPA^(key): [ˈɡoʃ.tu]
• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ostu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -oʃtu
• Hyphenation: gos‧to

Noun

gosto m (plural gostos)

1. taste (one of the five senses)

   Visão, audição, olfato, gosto e tato. ― Sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch.

2. taste, flavour (a sensation produced by the tongue)

   A comida tem um gosto azedo. ― The food has a bitter taste.

3. taste (a person's implicit set of preferences, especially aesthetic)

   Tens um bom gosto musical. ― You have good taste in music.

   Gostos não se discutem. ― There's no accounting for taste.

4. pleasure, enjoyment

   Muito gosto em conhecê-lo. ― A pleasure to meet you.

5. fancy

   Ela tomou o gosto pela dança. ― She took a fancy to dancing.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:gosto.

Etymology 2

The sense of like is a semantic loan from English like.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔs.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔs.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔʃ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔs.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔʃ.tu/

• Rhymes: -ɔʃtu, -ɔstu
• Hyphenation: gos‧to

Noun

gosto m (plural gostos)

1. (Portugal, social media) like (a vote showing support for something posted on the Internet)

   Synonyms: like, joinha, (Brazil) curtida

Verb

gosto

1. first-person singular present indicative of gostar
   • 2000, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Cálice de Fogo, Rocco, page 71:

     Gosto de sentir uma brisa saudável nas minhas partes, obrigado.

     I like to feel a healthy breeze on my parts, thank you.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:gosto.