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gusto

taste, pleasure

noun GOOS-toh Less Common

Also means

flavour, liking

Usage Note

Gusto covers both physical taste (tiene buen gusto, it has a good flavour) and personal preference (tengo mucho gusto en conocerle, it's a pleasure to meet you). The greeting mucho gusto is essential in introductions across the Spanish-speaking world. The phrase a gusto (at ease, comfortable) is also very common.

Examples

"Fue un placer conocerte; mucho gusto."

Natural Translation

It was a pleasure to meet you; nice to meet you.

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