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)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)
• 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, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “tastar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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, present active infinitive of taxō, from Classical Latin tangō (“I touch”). Compare Catalan tastar, Italian tastare, Old French taster.

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tastar

1. to taste

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		tastar			aver tastat
gerund		tastant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		tastat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	tasti	tastas	tasta	tastam	tastatz	tastan
	imperfect	tastavi	tastavas	tastava	tastàvem	tastàvetz	tastavan
	preterite	tastèri	tastères	tastèt	tastèrem	tastèretz	tastèron
	future	tastarai	tastaràs	tastarà	tastarem	tastaretz	tastaràn
	conditional	tastariái	tastariás	tastariá	tastariam	tastariatz	tastarián
	conditional 2nd form1	tastèra	tastèras	tastèra	tasteram	tasteratz	tastèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	taste	tastes	taste	tastem	tastetz	tasten
	imperfect	tastèssi	tastèsses	tastèsse	tastèssem	tastèssetz	tastèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			tasta		tastem	tastatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		tastar			aver tastat
gerund		tastant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		tastat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	taste	tastes	tasta	tastam	tastatz	taston
	imperfect	tastave	tastaves	tastava	tastaviam	tastaviatz	tastavon
	preterite	tastere	tasteres	tastet	tastem	tastetz	tasteron
	future	tastarai	tastaràs	tastará	tastarem	tastaretz	tastarán
	conditional	tastariá	tastariás	tastariá	tastariam	tastariatz	tastarián
	conditional 2nd form1	tastèra	tastèras	tastèra	tasteram	tasteratz	tastèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	taste	tastes	taste	tastassiam	tastassiatz	taston
	imperfect	tastesse	tastesses	tastesse	tastessiam	tastessiatz	tastesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			tasta		tastassiam	tastatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		tastar			aver tastat
gerund		tastant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		tastat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	tasti	tastas	tasta	tastam	tastatz	tastan
	imperfect	tastavi	tastavas	tastava	tastàvam	tastàvatz	tastavan
	preterite	tastèi	tastès	tastè	tastèm	tastètz	tastèn
	future	tastarèi	tastaràs	tastarà	tastaram	tastaratz	tastaràn
	conditional	tastarí	tastarés	tastaré	tastarem	tastaretz	tastarén
	conditional 2nd form1	tastèra	tastèras	tastèra	tasteram	tasteratz	tastèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	tasti	tastes	taste	tastem	tastetz	tasten
	imperfect	tastèssi	tastèsses	tastèsse	tastèssem	tastèssetz	tastèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			tasta		tastem	tastatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		tastar			aver tastat
gerund		tastant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		tastat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	taste	tastas	tasta	tastam	tastatz	tastan
	imperfect	tastava	tastavas	tastava	tastàvam	tastàvatz	tastavan
	preterite	tastei	tasteras	tastet	tastèram	tastèratz	tasteran
	future	tastarai	tastaràs	tastará	tastarem	tastaretz	tastarán
	conditional	tastariá	tastariàs	tastariá	tastariam	tastariatz	tastarián
	conditional 2nd form1	tastèra	tastèras	tastèra	tasteram	tasteratz	tastèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	taste	tastes	taste	tastem	tastetz	tasten
	imperfect	tastèsse	tastèsses	tastèsse	tastèssem	tastèssetz	tastèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			tasta		tastem	tastatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		tastar			aver tastat
gerund		tastant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		tastat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	taste	tastes	tasta	tastam	tastatz	tastan
	imperfect	tastavi	tastavas	tastava	tastàvem	tastàvetz	tastavan
	preterite	tastère	tastères	tastèt	tasteriam	tasteriatz	tastèron
	future	tastarai	tastaràs	tastarà	tastarem	tastaretz	tastaràn
	conditional	tastariáu	tastariás	tastariá	tastariam	tastariatz	tastarián
	conditional 2nd form1	tastèra	tastèras	tastèra	tasteram	tasteratz	tastèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	taste	tastes	taste	tastem	tastetz	tastan
	imperfect	tastèsse	tastèsses	tastèsse	tastessiam	tastessiatz	tastèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			tasta		tastem	tastatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

• gost

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

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

1. (obsolete) to touch
2. (obsolete) to taste with the palate

• “tastar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

From Vulgar Latin *tastāre < *taxitāre, iterative of Late Latin taxāre, present active infinitive of taxō, from Classical Latin tangō (“I 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.