gosto

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Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gustus.

Pronunciation

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.

Pronunciation

 

  • (Northeast Brazil, North Brazil) IPA(key):
  • 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

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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

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.

Etymology 3

Calque of English like.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: gos‧to

Noun

gosto m (plural gostos)

  1. (Portugal, social media) like (an individual vote showing support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet)
    Synonyms: like, joinha, (Brazil) curtida
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