Meaning
to taste
- to enjoy, savor
In a sentence
Abbiamo gustato un'ottima cena.
We enjoyed an excellent dinner.
Ieri abbiamo gustato una cena davvero buona.
Yesterday we enjoyed a really good dinner.
Mi piace gustare il sugo con il pane.
I like to savor the sauce with bread.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| gustare | infinitive |
| gustiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| gusto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| gustate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| gusti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| gustano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| gusta | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| gustavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| gustavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| gustavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| gustavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| gustavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| gustava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| gustammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| gustai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| gustaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| gustasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| gustarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| gustò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| gusteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| gusterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| gusterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| gusterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| gusteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| gusterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| gustiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| gusti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| gustiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| gusti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| gustino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| gusti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| gustassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| gustassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| gustaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| gustassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| gustassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| gustasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| gusteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| gusterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| gustereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| gusteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| gusterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| gusterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| gustiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| gustate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| gusta | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| gustando | gerund |
| gustato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Often means savor/enjoy, especially food, drink, art, or moments; for simply liking something, prefer piacere or amare depending on context.
- More literary or refined than mangiare or bere; common in menus, ads, reviews, and polite invitations.
- Usually takes avere in compound tenses: ho gustato il vino. Reflexive gustarsi adds a sense of treating oneself: mi sono gustato il film.