kóstolt

Kóstolt is a Hungarian verb form derived from the verb kóstol, meaning to taste. It represents the simple past tense for third-person singular, used when the subject is he, she, or it and the action is completed. The form arises from the stem kóstol- plus the past tense suffix -t, reflecting standard Hungarian conjugation patterns.

In practical usage, kóstolt appears most often in neutral past-tense statements where the object is either obvious from context or omitted. When a specific object is involved, Hungarian typically uses a more complete past form such as megkóstolta to indicate that someone tasted something, e.g., Megkóstolta a bort. The bare form kóstolt can appear in narrative or dialogue when the subject is clear from context, or in headlines and telegraphic style where brevity is preferred.

Related forms and related meanings include kóstol (present tense: I taste, you taste, etc.), megkóstol (to taste or sample something, often with the sense of trying it for the first time), and the noun kóstolás (tasting). The past participle kóstolt also appears in longer sentences as part of compound tenses with auxiliary verbs or with prefixes that modify meaning, such as megkóstolta.

See also: kóstol, megkóstol, kóstolás.