Gustare In Italian Grammar

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Gustare in English means to relish, to taste or to enjoy.

In English, we use the word ‘like’ to express liking towards a particular object. For Example: I like this pen.

Another word in Italian that means ‘to like’ is ‘piacere’ or ‘gradire’.

In Italian ‘Con questo raffreddore non riesco a gustare nulla.’ Would translate to ’I can't taste anything with this cold.’ I English

Present Tense:

Io gusto
Tu gusti
lui, lei, Lei gusta
noi gustiamo
voi gustate
loro, Loro gustano

Imperfect Tense:

Io gustavo
Tu gustavi
lui, lei, Lei gustava
noi gustavamo
voi gustavate
loro, Loro gustavano

Some examples where there are slight exceptions are:

look like a million : avere un aspetto magnifico

look like sb: assomigliare a qualcuno, sembrare qualcuno

make like : far piacere

make like you are : fare come se tu fossi

not feel like : non sentirsela

not look like : non assomigliare a