gosto
Portuguese, noun
gosto is spelled G-O-S-T-O (5 letters) and appears 229 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 407th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gosto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “taste (one of the five senses)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of gostar. With an accent, gôsto is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “paladar, um dos cinco sentidos, que permite diferenciar sabores”.
What does gosto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetaste (one of the five senses)
Visão, audição, olfato, gosto e tato.
- 2
masculinetaste, flavour (a sensation produced by the tongue)
A comida tem um gosto azedo.
- 3
masculinetaste (a person's implicit set of preferences, especially aesthetic)
Tens um bom gosto musical.
- 4
masculinepleasure, enjoyment
Muito gosto em conhecê-lo.
- 5
masculinefancy
Ela tomou o gosto pela dança.
noun
- 1
Portugalmasculinelike (vote showing support on the Internet)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of gostar
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of gosto
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. paladar, um dos cinco sentidos, que permite diferenciar sabores 2. o sabor apercebido: 3. prazer, simpatia, contentamento, boa vontade: 4. sentido ou capacidade de avaliar a estética, padrões artísticos:
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 gosto
- gostos plural
- gostinho diminutive
- gôsto alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to gosto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gosto in Portuguese?
gosto appears 229 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).