🇮🇹 Italian

gusto

masculine

il gusto

taste

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gusto
/il ˈɡusto/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say gusto in Italian?

IPA
/il ˈɡusto/

How do you pronounce gusto in Italian?

gusto is pronounced /il ˈɡusto/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il gusto italiano è molto diverso dal gusto francese.

Italian taste is very different from French taste.

Quel gusto amaro mi ha sorpreso molto.

That bitter taste surprised me greatly.

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Why is it masculine?

Gusto is masculine because it derives from Latin "gustus" (taste), which belonged to the second declension of masculine nouns ending in -us, a pattern that typically produces masculine nouns in Italian. This Latin masculine gender was preserved when the word evolved into Italian.

What is the Italian word for taste?

The Italian word for taste is il gusto — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchgoûtlemasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesegostoomasculine

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