gusto

Spanish

noun
Definitions
  • taste (sense)
  • taste (flavour)
  • liking, preference, aesthetic preference
  • pleasure, enthusiasm
  • fancy, whim

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gustus (tasting, taste, a tasting) derived from Proto-Italic *gustus derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus (taste, enjoy).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ǵéwstus

Gloss

taste, enjoy

Concept
Semantic Field

Food and drink

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji
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