Talk:gustar

This article needs a lot of work.
The usage notes/conjugations need to conform more to some sort of standards. – Andyluciano 16:12, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

From RFC
Spanish gustar really needs a cleanup. When I first saw it, it was in pretty bad shape in terms of accuracy. I've tried to correct it, but it probably needs some more attention, in particular the "Conjugations" section needs some much better formatting and examples. – Andyluciano 16:34, 21 April 2006 (UTC)


 * I used the standard conjugation template and just simplified the usage notes with an example. I think it's clear enough now for a dictionary. Rod (A. Smith) 05:15, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

The gustar conjugations are way off. For the present for example there is gusta if the subject is singular and gustan if the subject is plural. There is no gusto or gustas, these are not conjugations of gustar


 * Which is your dialect? ¿Te gusto? and Sí, me gustas mucho are both good Spanish. —Stephen 13:36, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

The Spanish definition seems very confused. It gives the definition as "like" but as pointed out it should really be "please" - why not just say "please"? (Thinking of "gustar" as "please" is mentioned as a "trick" but it seems to simply be the definition!) I don't speak Spanish well enough to confirm this or make the change myself. BretPaulson (talk) 11:07, 5 November 2014 (UTC)


 * like and please are not interchangeable and do not have identical meanings. gustar has the meaning of like, but it works like please. You can just ignore the mention of please if it is confusing. please is not the definition, it is merely an English verb that works the same way as gustar. —Stephen (Talk) 11:22, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

Gusta/Gustarse
Shouldn't Gusta be Gustarse in spanish? Aratiti 21:13, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
 * No entiendo. Mglovesfun (talk) 21:18, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
 * If I got my spanish right (and if my teacher taught me right) gustar/gustarse is conjugated me gusta, te gusta, le gusta, nos gusta, vos gusta, les gusta. If a word is conjugated like that is end with -se. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that's the way I remember it Aratiti 13:04, 6 December 2010 (UTC)


 * No, it is not a reflexive "gustarse", but just plain gustar. Although it means "like", it works like "please"...you don’t use it like "I like something", but like "something pleases me". But it is not gustarse, just gustar. In a reflexive verb, the conjugation goes like hacerse, me hago, te haces, se hace, nos hacemos, and so on. With gustar, we say: me gusto, me gustas, me gusta, me gustamos, me gustáis, me gustan; and te gusto, te gustas, te gusta, etc. ¿Claro? —Stephen (Talk) 22:05, 6 December 2010 (UTC)