gosto

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin gustus.

Pronunciation

 
  • 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

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    gosto m (plural gostos, diminutive gostinho)

    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.
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

      Noun sense is a semantic loan from English like.

      Pronunciation

       

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

      Noun

      gosto m (plural gostos)

      1. (Portugal, social media) like (vote showing support on the Internet)
        Synonyms: like, (Brazil) curtida, (Brazil) joinha

      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.

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