🇵🇹 Portuguese

gosto

masculine

o gosto

taste

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gosto
/u ˈɡostu/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say gosto in Portuguese?

IPA
/u ˈɡostu/

How do you pronounce gosto in Portuguese?

gosto is pronounced /u ˈɡostu/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O gosto amargo da medicina era desagradável.

The bitter taste of the medicine was unpleasant.

Seu gosto musical refinado impressionou todos os convidados.

His refined musical taste impressed all the guests.

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Why is it masculine?

Gosto is masculine because it derives from Latin "gustus" (taste), which was a masculine noun in Latin, and Portuguese inherited this grammatical gender along with the word itself. This gender assignment followed the natural evolution of Latin masculine nouns ending in -us, which typically became masculine nouns ending in -o in Romance languages.

What is the Portuguese word for taste?

The Portuguese word for taste is o gosto — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchgoûtlemasculine
🇮🇹 Italiangustoilmasculine

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