noun
Meaning 1
Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- He sang with more gusto than talent.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
gusto
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈɡʌstəʊ/
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US: /ˈɡʌstoʊ/
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rhymes with -ʌstəʊ
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CMU ARPABET: G AH1 S T OW2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
An individual's fondness or liking of a particular flavor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The style in which a work is done, its artistic style, and occasionally, the prevailing style in matters of taste.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: art, arts
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Aesthetic appreciation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
Of food, flavor or savour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, rare, uncountable
Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: relish, zest, zestfulness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: enjoyment, enthusiasm
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian gusto, from Latin gustus (“taste”). Doublet of cost (see Etymology 3 there).
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: verva — enthusiasm
- Czech: elán — enthusiasm
- Dutch: enthousiasme — enthusiasm
- Dutch: uitbundigheid — enthusiasm
- Finnish: into — enthusiasm
- French: enthousiasme — enthusiasm
- German: Begeisterung — enthusiasm
- German: Überschwänglichkeit — enthusiasm
- German: Enthusiasmus — enthusiasm
- German: Ausgelassenheit — enthusiasm
- Māori: wana — enthusiasm
- Occitan: estrambòrd — enthusiasm
- Occitan: entosiasme — enthusiasm
- Occitan: afogament — enthusiasm
- Russian: аза́рт (azárt) — enthusiasm
- Russian: пыл (pyl) — enthusiasm
- Russian: смак (smak) — enthusiasm
- Spanish: gana — enthusiasm
- Spanish: ganas — enthusiasm