Mucho Gusto?
What is the deal with Mucho Gusto? I looked both words up individually and I found that mucho means 'a lot of', or 'much'. Gusto means 'taste', or 'flavor'. How in the world do you get Nice to Meet You out of Much Taste?
1 Answer
Gusto, clearly related to the verb gustar, which means to be pleased by (and commonly translated as to like) does include "liking"or "pleasure" in it's definition. If you think about- to my taste, to my liking, to my pleasure are related concepts.
http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/gusto
4 (delight)
a. pleasure
Es un gusto trabajar contigo.It's a pleasure to work with you.
4 (placer)
a. pleasure
con mucho gusto gladly, with pleasure iría con (mucho) gusto, pero no puedoI'd love to go but I can't da gusto estar aquí it's a real pleasure to be here mucho gusto — el gusto es míopleased to meet you — the pleasure's mine hacer algo a gusto to do something willingly o gladly mucho o tanto gusto pleased to meet you sentirse o encontrarse o estar a gusto to feel comfortable o at ease tomar gusto a algo to take a liking to something
4 (placer) pleasure
a gusto aquí me encuentro o siento a gusto I feel at home o ease here;tengo los pies a gusto y calientes my feet are nice and warm acomodarse a su gusto to make o.s. at home; make o.s. comfortable con mucho gusto with pleasure lo haré con mucho gusto I'll be glad to do it; I'll be only too happy to do it;con sumo gusto with great pleasure comer con gusto to eat heartily dar gusto a algn to please sb; give pleasure to sb lo compré para dar gusto a los chiquillos I bought it to please the kids da gusto hacerlo it's nice to do it;da gusto trabajar contigo it's a pleasure to work with you;da gusto verlos tan contentos it's lovely to see them so happy;tienen un entusiasmo que da gusto they show a wonderful enthusiasm leo por gusto I read for pleasure no lo hago por gusto I don't do it out of choice es por gusto que siga allí (Latinoamérica) you'll wait there in vain tener el gusto de hacer algo to have the pleasure of doing sth
