gustar

Etymology
, possibly a semi-learned term or early borrowing; cf. .

Verb

 * 1) to taste

Etymology
From (13th century, ). Probably borrowed from. Compare 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1) to be pleased, enjoy
 * 2)  to taste
 * 3)  to like, enjoy
 * 1)  to taste
 * 2)  to like, enjoy

Verb

 * 1) to taste

Etymology
Either from or from, from.

Noun

 * 1)  August (eighth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Etymology
Borrowed in this form from. Replaced the inherited Old Spanish form. See. The use of this verb to mean "like" is a uniquely Ibero-Romance development. Compare 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  (followed by a or preceded by an indirect object) to be pleasing to (usually translated into English as like with exchange of the subject and object)
 * 2)  to taste
 * 1)  to taste

Usage notes

 * Gustar is usually translated to English with the verb to like. This causes confusion for some English speakers studying Spanish, because the subject and object of gustar are seemingly reversed from those of to like. That is, the subject of gustar is the thing that pleases and the (indirect) object is the person who is pleased. A commonly used method is to think of gustar as literally meaning to be pleasing to.

However, compare with the archaic meaning of to like:

Some more examples:

a X le(s) gusta(n) Y
 * X like(s) Y.

a mí me gustaba(n) Y
 * I used to like Y.

a ti te gustaría(n) Y
 * You would like Y.

a nosotros nos gusta(n) Y
 * We like Y.
 * : A nosotros nos gusta divertirnos en el jardín. &mdash; We like to have fun in the garden.

a vosotros os gusta(n) Y
 * You like Y.

a usted le gusta(n) Y
 * You like Y.

X must agree in number (and person) with "le(s)," and Y must agree in number with the verb form of "gustar".

Synonyms

 * , encularse
 * , encularse
 * , encularse