How to Use Me Gusta and Gusto in Spanish

me gusta in spanish

Written by Diana Luciana

January 22, 2021

Last updated: November 20, 2023

Do you know what’s the difference between me gusta and gusto in Spanish? Or what does me gusta mean in Spanish? 

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      In Spanish, gusto is a masculine noun and means taste, flavor, or pleasure. You can see all its English meanings on SpanishDict. On the other hand, gustó is the past form of the verb gustar:

      • Me gusta (el coche) is used for the present tense: I like the car/The car pleases me.
      • Me gustó (el coche) is used for the past tense: I liked the car/The car pleased me.
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        Let’s practice together!

        Translate to Spanish the following sentences:

        1. He likes Thai food.
        2. They like animals.
        3. We like the house.
        4. You (plural) like the fruits.

        Test yourself to see if you know how to use me gusta in Spanish. Check out our conversations in Spanish with me gusta!

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            In Spanish, gusto is a masculine noun and means taste, flavor, or pleasure. You can see all its English meanings on SpanishDict. On the other hand, gustó is the past form of the verb gustar:

            • Me gusta (el coche) is used for the present tense: I like the car/The car pleases me.
            • Me gustó (el coche) is used for the past tense: I liked the car/The car pleased me.
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              Let’s practice together!

              Translate to Spanish the following sentences:

              1. He likes Thai food.
              2. They like animals.
              3. We like the house.
              4. You (plural) like the fruits.

              Test yourself to see if you know how to use me gusta in Spanish. Check out our conversations in Spanish with me gusta!

              Do you want more free Spanish lessons? Book a free consultation with Hannah! 

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                  Let’s see what me gusta in Spanish means, and how to use it with examples.

                  To recapitulate, me, te, le, nos, os, and les are indirect object pronouns, and the item a person likes (libro, película, etc.) is the subject of the sentence. Because of that, the verb (gustar) must match the subject in number:

                  • Me gusta el libro. (I like the book./Or the literal translation: The book pleases me.)
                  • Me gustan los libros. (I like books.
                  • Nos gusta el libro. (We like the book.)
                  • Nos gustan los libros. (We like the books.)
                  • No te gusta nada. (You don’t like anything./Nothing pleases you.) (Learn more about how to use nada in Spanish.)
                  • No les gusta nada. (They don’t like anything./Nothing pleases them.)

                  As you can see, the Spanish verb gustar ONLY changes its form (gusta/gustan) according to the number (singular/plural) of liked objects, and NOT according to the pronoun (me/nos). Because of that, we use gusta for singular and gustan for plural.

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                    What about gusto or gustó?

                    In Spanish, gusto is a masculine noun and means taste, flavor, or pleasure. You can see all its English meanings on SpanishDict. On the other hand, gustó is the past form of the verb gustar:

                    • Me gusta (el coche) is used for the present tense: I like the car/The car pleases me.
                    • Me gustó (el coche) is used for the past tense: I liked the car/The car pleased me.

                      Let’s practice together!

                      Translate to Spanish the following sentences:

                      1. He likes Thai food.
                      2. They like animals.
                      3. We like the house.
                      4. You (plural) like the fruits.

                      Test yourself to see if you know how to use me gusta in Spanish. Check out our conversations in Spanish with me gusta!

                      Do you want more free Spanish lessons? Book a free consultation with Hannah! 

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                          The Spanish verb gustar is usually translated in English as “to like”: Me gusta el libro (I like the book.) But the verb has a slightly different meaning in Spanish: it’s more about what pleases a person rather than what a person likes.

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                          In English, we would say “She likes the movie.” In Spanish, we translate that as Le gusta la película. A literal translation would be: Le (to her/him) gusta (is pleasing) la (the) película (movie). The subject of the sentence is different in both languages: in English, the subject is the person; while in Spanish, the subject is the movie (or the book in the first example.) Because of that, the Spanish verb gustar needs an indirect object pronoun:

                          • Me (to me)
                          • Te (to you, singular)
                          • Le (to him, to her)
                          • Nos (to us)
                          • Os (to you, plural)
                          • Les (to them)

                          Me gusta vs. Me gustan

                          Let’s see what me gusta in Spanish means, and how to use it with examples.

                          To recapitulate, me, te, le, nos, os, and les are indirect object pronouns, and the item a person likes (libro, película, etc.) is the subject of the sentence. Because of that, the verb (gustar) must match the subject in number:

                          • Me gusta el libro. (I like the book./Or the literal translation: The book pleases me.)
                          • Me gustan los libros. (I like books.
                          • Nos gusta el libro. (We like the book.)
                          • Nos gustan los libros. (We like the books.)
                          • No te gusta nada. (You don’t like anything./Nothing pleases you.) (Learn more about how to use nada in Spanish.)
                          • No les gusta nada. (They don’t like anything./Nothing pleases them.)

                          As you can see, the Spanish verb gustar ONLY changes its form (gusta/gustan) according to the number (singular/plural) of liked objects, and NOT according to the pronoun (me/nos). Because of that, we use gusta for singular and gustan for plural.

                            What about gusto or gustó?

                            In Spanish, gusto is a masculine noun and means taste, flavor, or pleasure. You can see all its English meanings on SpanishDict. On the other hand, gustó is the past form of the verb gustar:

                            • Me gusta (el coche) is used for the present tense: I like the car/The car pleases me.
                            • Me gustó (el coche) is used for the past tense: I liked the car/The car pleased me.

                              Let’s practice together!

                              Translate to Spanish the following sentences:

                              1. He likes Thai food.
                              2. They like animals.
                              3. We like the house.
                              4. You (plural) like the fruits.

                              Test yourself to see if you know how to use me gusta in Spanish. Check out our conversations in Spanish with me gusta!

                              Do you want more free Spanish lessons? Book a free consultation with Hannah! 

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                                  The Spanish verb gustar is usually translated in English as “to like”: Me gusta el libro (I like the book.) But the verb has a slightly different meaning in Spanish: it’s more about what pleases a person rather than what a person likes.

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                                  In English, we would say “She likes the movie.” In Spanish, we translate that as Le gusta la película. A literal translation would be: Le (to her/him) gusta (is pleasing) la (the) película (movie). The subject of the sentence is different in both languages: in English, the subject is the person; while in Spanish, the subject is the movie (or the book in the first example.) Because of that, the Spanish verb gustar needs an indirect object pronoun:

                                  • Me (to me)
                                  • Te (to you, singular)
                                  • Le (to him, to her)
                                  • Nos (to us)
                                  • Os (to you, plural)
                                  • Les (to them)

                                  Me gusta vs. Me gustan

                                  Let’s see what me gusta in Spanish means, and how to use it with examples.

                                  To recapitulate, me, te, le, nos, os, and les are indirect object pronouns, and the item a person likes (libro, película, etc.) is the subject of the sentence. Because of that, the verb (gustar) must match the subject in number:

                                  • Me gusta el libro. (I like the book./Or the literal translation: The book pleases me.)
                                  • Me gustan los libros. (I like books.
                                  • Nos gusta el libro. (We like the book.)
                                  • Nos gustan los libros. (We like the books.)
                                  • No te gusta nada. (You don’t like anything./Nothing pleases you.) (Learn more about how to use nada in Spanish.)
                                  • No les gusta nada. (They don’t like anything./Nothing pleases them.)

                                  As you can see, the Spanish verb gustar ONLY changes its form (gusta/gustan) according to the number (singular/plural) of liked objects, and NOT according to the pronoun (me/nos). Because of that, we use gusta for singular and gustan for plural.

                                    What about gusto or gustó?

                                    In Spanish, gusto is a masculine noun and means taste, flavor, or pleasure. You can see all its English meanings on SpanishDict. On the other hand, gustó is the past form of the verb gustar:

                                    • Me gusta (el coche) is used for the present tense: I like the car/The car pleases me.
                                    • Me gustó (el coche) is used for the past tense: I liked the car/The car pleased me.

                                      Let’s practice together!

                                      Translate to Spanish the following sentences:

                                      1. He likes Thai food.
                                      2. They like animals.
                                      3. We like the house.
                                      4. You (plural) like the fruits.

                                      Test yourself to see if you know how to use me gusta in Spanish. Check out our conversations in Spanish with me gusta!

                                      Do you want more free Spanish lessons? Book a free consultation with Hannah! 

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