degustar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēgustāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.ɡusˈta(ʁ)/ [de.ɡusˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.ɡusˈta(ʁ)/ [de.ɡusˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /de.ɡusˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /de.ɡuʃˈta(ʁ)/ [de.ɡuʃˈta(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /de.ɡusˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.ɡuʃˈtaɾ/ [dɨ.ɣuʃˈtaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.ɡuʃˈtaɾ/ [dɨ.ɣuʃˈtaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.ɡuʃˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: de‧gus‧tar

Verb

degustar (first-person singular present degusto, first-person singular preterite degustei, past participle degustado)

1. to taste

Conjugation

    Conjugation of degustar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	degustar
Personal	degustar	degustares	degustar	degustarmos	degustardes	degustarem
Gerund
	degustando
Past participle
Masculine	degustado			degustados
Feminine	degustada			degustadas
Indicative
Present	degusto	degustas	degusta	degustamos	degustais	degustam
Imperfect	degustava	degustavas	degustava	degustávamos	degustáveis	degustavam
Preterite	degustei	degustaste	degustou	degustamos1, degustámos2	degustastes	degustaram
Pluperfect	degustara	degustaras	degustara	degustáramos	degustáreis	degustaram
Future	degustarei	degustarás	degustará	degustaremos	degustareis	degustarão
Conditional	degustaria	degustarias	degustaria	degustaríamos	degustaríeis	degustariam
Subjunctive
Present	deguste	degustes	deguste	degustemos	degusteis	degustem
Imperfect	degustasse	degustasses	degustasse	degustássemos	degustásseis	degustassem
Future	degustar	degustares	degustar	degustarmos	degustardes	degustarem
Imperative
Affirmative		degusta	deguste	degustemos	degustai	degustem
Negative (não)		não degustes	não deguste	não degustemos	não degusteis	não degustem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• degustação

Further reading

• “degustar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “degustar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin degustāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deɡusˈtaɾ/ [d̪e.ɣ̞usˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧gus‧tar

Verb

degustar (first-person singular present degusto, first-person singular preterite degusté, past participle degustado)

1. to taste

Conjugation

    Conjugation of degustar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			degustar
gerund			degustando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		degustado		degustada
		plural		degustados		degustadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	degusto	degustastú degustásvos	degusta	degustamos	degustáis	degustan
	imperfect	degustaba	degustabas	degustaba	degustábamos	degustabais	degustaban
	preterite	degusté	degustaste	degustó	degustamos	degustasteis	degustaron
	future	degustaré	degustarás	degustará	degustaremos	degustaréis	degustarán
	conditional	degustaría	degustarías	degustaría	degustaríamos	degustaríais	degustarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	deguste	degustestú degustésvos2	deguste	degustemos	degustéis	degusten
	imperfect (ra)	degustara	degustaras	degustara	degustáramos	degustarais	degustaran
	imperfect (se)	degustase	degustases	degustase	degustásemos	degustaseis	degustasen
	future1	degustare	degustares	degustare	degustáremos	degustareis	degustaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		degustatú degustávos	deguste	degustemos	degustad	degusten
	negative		no degustes	no deguste	no degustemos	no degustéis	no degusten

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of degustar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive degustar	dative	degustarme	degustarte	degustarle, degustarse	degustarnos	degustaros	degustarles, degustarse
	accusative	degustarme	degustarte	degustarlo, degustarla, degustarse	degustarnos	degustaros	degustarlos, degustarlas, degustarse
with gerund degustando	dative	degustándome	degustándote	degustándole, degustándose	degustándonos	degustándoos	degustándoles, degustándose
	accusative	degustándome	degustándote	degustándolo, degustándola, degustándose	degustándonos	degustándoos	degustándolos, degustándolas, degustándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative degusta	dative	degústame	degústate	degústale	degústanos	not used	degústales
	accusative	degústame	degústate	degústalo, degústala	degústanos	not used	degústalos, degústalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative degustá	dative	degustame	degustate	degustale	degustanos	not used	degustales
	accusative	degustame	degustate	degustalo, degustala	degustanos	not used	degustalos, degustalas
with formal second-person singular imperative deguste	dative	degústeme	not used	degústele, degústese	degústenos	not used	degústeles
	accusative	degústeme	not used	degústelo, degústela, degústese	degústenos	not used	degústelos, degústelas
with first-person plural imperative degustemos	dative	not used	degustémoste	degustémosle	degustémonos	degustémoos	degustémosles
	accusative	not used	degustémoste	degustémoslo, degustémosla	degustémonos	degustémoos	degustémoslos, degustémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative degustad	dative	degustadme	not used	degustadle	degustadnos	degustaos	degustadles
	accusative	degustadme	not used	degustadlo, degustadla	degustadnos	degustaos	degustadlos, degustadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative degusten	dative	degústenme	not used	degústenle	degústennos	not used	degústenles, degústense
	accusative	degústenme	not used	degústenlo, degústenla	degústennos	not used	degústenlos, degústenlas, degústense

Related terms

• degustación

Further reading

• “degustar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025