gustado

Gustado is the past participle of the Spanish verb gustar. In grammar, gustar is a verb of experience that is typically constructed with indirect object pronouns (me, te, le, nos, os, les) to indicate who experiences the liking, while the thing that is liked acts as the syntactic subject of the clause.

In practice, gustado is used to form compound tenses with the auxiliary haber to express that someone has liked something. For example: “Me ha gustado la película” (I have liked the movie) or “Te han gustado las canciones” (You have liked the songs). The person who experiences the feeling is expressed with the indirect object pronoun, and the thing liked is what governs the surrounding verb forms of gustar in the sentence.

Usage notes emphasize that gustar-type constructions differ from ordinary transitive verbs: the subject of the clause is typically the thing that is liked, not the person who likes it. Consequently, sentences may appear inverted compared with English, as in “La película me ha gustado.”

Gustado is rarely used as a standalone adjective in modern Spanish. When the sense is simply “pleasing” or “delightful,” other adjectives such as gustoso or agradable are more common, while gustado remains primarily a participle used in perfect tenses.

Etymology traces gustado to gustar, from Latin gustare meaning to taste or to enjoy. Related linguistic terms include gusto (taste or pleasure) and gustatorio (pertaining to taste).

See also: gustar, gusto, gustación, agradable, gustoso.