degustar
Portuguese, verb/de.ɡusˈta(ʁ)/
degustar is spelled D-E-G-U-S-T-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 49,864th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Degustar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to taste” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tomar o gosto a”.
What does degustar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to taste
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tomar o gosto a 2. provar; saborear
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of degustar
- degusto first-person present singular
- degustei first-person preterite singular
- degustado participle past
- degustares infinitive second-person singular
- degustarmos first-person infinitive plural
- degustardes infinitive plural second-person
- degustarem infinitive plural third-person
- degustando gerund
- degustados masculine participle past
- degustada feminine participle past
- degustadas feminine participle past
- degustas indicative present second-person
- degusta indicative present singular
- degustamos first-person indicative plural
- degustais indicative plural present
- degustam indicative plural present
- degustava first-person imperfect indicative
- degustavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce degustar?
- Brazil /de.ɡusˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.ɡusˈta(h)]
- /de.ɡusˈta(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is degustar in Portuguese?
degustar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).