Gustar????????????

Question

Hola a todos!!! I just completed a lesson on the verb "gustar". We tend to use "gusta" and "gustan" (plural). When do we ever use 'gusto", "gustas", "gustamos" etc etc etc.

Answer 1

gustar = to like - maybe you are using the verbe in a sense of "to try", like to try a new food (not too used).

yo gusto - I try tú gustas - you try él gusta - he try nosotros gustamos - we try ustedes gustan/vosotros gustais - you try ellos gustan - they try

For trying new food, is "probar" normally used? - 00f2b5a1, Nov 28, 2009

Answer 2

Gustar = to be pleasing

We don't really use the phrase "to be pleasing" much, though; so, for English, we usually convert this to a format that uses the verb "to like." But, gustar works backwards from the way "to like" works. So the subject and indirect object must trade places during the conversion. This is very confusing at first.

Normally, in Spanish, the subject comes before the verb...

El niño come. => The boy eats.

But with gustar, the subject usually follows the verb. So, in the following sentence, apples is the subject, which is why gustan is used.

Me gustan las manzanas. => To me, the apples are pleasing. => I like the apples.

Gusto = I am pleasing

Te gusto => To you, I am pleasing. => You like me.

So, YOU would use gusto when trying to communicate the idea that someone or something likes YOU, which is not something a person does often, which is why you don't see many examples for gusto.

Gustas = you are pleasing

So, let's say you come into my yard, and my big, black Labrador jumps all over you and licks you like crazy...I might say...

¡Vaya! ¡Le gustas mucho! => Boy! To him, you are very pleasing! => Boy! He really likes you!

Answer 3

Um, well, Gustar is often used to mean love in Spanish when referring to people (where as encantar is used for liking, and it is the opposite when it comes to inanimate objects).

Gustar doesn't really mean to like, it means more like "to please."

If you were to say "Gusto" it would be like saying "I please."

So if you wanted to say that someone else loved you, you would say:

"le gusto." I please her.

Gusto also means taste, so I wouldn't use it unless context is clear, le gusto might come out wrong.

Think of it like the verb to disgust.

It disgusts me! It is the same mentality.

Answer 4

Hi MIke, there are like 50 threads open on this topic. Please make a search before posting a new one.

This is the latest, (Yesterday) I included a couple of links.