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gosto.

taste (one of the five senses)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɡos.tu/Brazil/ˈɡoʃ.tu/Rio-de-Janeiro/ˈɡoʃ.tu/Portugal[ˈɡoʃ.tu]North-Brazil, Northeast-Brazil
  1. taste (one of the five senses)

    masculine
    Visão, audição, olfato, gosto e tato.
  2. taste, flavour (a sensation produced by the tongue)

    masculine
    A comida tem um gosto azedo.
  3. taste (a person's implicit set of preferences, especially aesthetic)

    masculine
    Tens um bom gosto musical.
    Gostos não se discutem.
  4. pleasure, enjoyment

    masculine
    Muito gosto em conhecê-lo.
  5. fancy

    masculine
    Ela tomou o gosto pela dança.
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese gosto, from Latin gustus, from Proto-Italic *gustus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus.

noun/ˈɡɔs.tu/Brazil/ˈɡɔʃ.tu/Rio-de-Janeiro/ˈɡɔʃ.tu/Portugal
  1. like (vote showing support on the Internet)

    Portugal · masculine
Where this word comes from

Noun sense is a semantic loan from English like.

verb/ˈɡɔs.tu/Brazil/ˈɡɔʃ.tu/Rio-de-Janeiro/ˈɡɔʃ.tu/Portugal
  1. first-person singular present indicative of gostar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
Where this word comes from

Noun sense is a semantic loan from English like.

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