Using the verb "saber" to mean "to taste"

Question

I have seen "sabe a pollo" to mean that something tastes like chicken. To taste is listed in the dictionary as one meaning of saber. Could it be used in this sentence?

Nothing tastes as good as.....

Nada ____ tan bueno como....

Gracias

Answer 1

Saber does mean to taste. It is used all the time. Nada sabe tan bueno como ser delgado. Nothing tastes as good as being thin.

Nada sabe tan dulce como tu beso. Nothing tastes as sweet as your kiss.

Just like with oler, it is often followed by "a" instead of "como". Sabes a chocolate, hueles a chocolate. You taste like chocolate, you smell like chocolate.

Answer 2

to taste catar; degustar; gustar; saborear

the taste el gusto; el sabor

Some other examples might be:

tener sabor a ... to taste of ....

something has a bitter taste: gusto amargo

Also this from Word Reference.com

taste [te?st] I nombre 1 (sentido) gusto 2 (atributo) sabor a taste of honey, un sabor a miel 3 (una cantidad, para probar) (de comida) give me a taste of that wine, déjame probar ese vino 4
(preferencia) gusto: there's no accounting for taste, sobre gustos no hay nada escrito a taste for the exotic, una preferencia por lo exótico 5
(discriminación) gusto: she has good taste, tiene buen gusto 6 muestra: they gave us a taste of what was to come, nos dieron una muestra de lo que había de venir II verbo transitivo 1 probar 2 (vino) catar III verbo intransitivo saber [of, a]

Thanks, Maria Claire. Looking at III, it would seem that the only use is to give an attribute of a food. Maybe I need to find a different verb, or restructure my sentence. :-) - Delores--Lindsey, Jun 23, 2010

Now just to confuse the issue. Having researched the above, I have seen - nada sabe mejor que se siente delgado = nothing tastes as good as thin feels. - Kiwi-Girl, Jun 23, 2010

jejeje, but it's always good to be able to express a thought in more than one way, don't you think? :-) - Delores--Lindsey, Jun 23, 2010

Answer 3

I'm pretty sure I remember a commercial that said exactly that!