tastar

Inherited from Old Catalan tastar, perhaps from a Vulgar Latin *tastāre, from older *taxitāre, frequentative based on Late Latin taxāre, derived from Classical Latin tangere (“touch”). Compare Occitan tastar, Italian tastare, Old French taster.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [təsˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [tasˈtaɾ]

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• Homophones: tastà, testà, testar
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

tastar (first-person singular present tasto, first-person singular preterite tastí, past participle tastat)

1. (transitive) to taste (perceive the taste of)
2. (transitive) to try, sample
3. (intransitive) to taste (have taste)

• gustar

• provar

• “tastar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “tastar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “tastar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tastar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• tarats, tàtars

tastar m

1. indefinite plural of tast

From Old Occitan tastar, from a Vulgar Latin *tastāre, from *taxitāre, frequentative of Late Latin taxāre, from Classical Latin tangō (“to touch”). Compare Catalan tastar, Italian tastare, Old French taster.

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tastar

1. to taste

• gost

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *taxitāre. Compare Italian tastare and French tâter.

• IPA^(key): /tasˈtaɾ/ [t̪asˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tas‧tar

tastar (first-person singular present tasto, first-person singular preterite tasté, past participle tastado) (transitive)

1. (obsolete) to touch

   Synonym: tocar

2. (obsolete) to taste with the palate

• “tastar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

From Vulgar Latin *tastāre < *taxitāre, iterative of Late Latin taxāre, from Classical Latin tangō (“to touch”). Compare Occitan tastar, Italian tastare, Old French taster.

tastar

1. (transitive) to touch
2. (transitive) to taste

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.