smakuje

Smakuje is a Polish verb form meaning to taste or to have a certain flavor, and more broadly to be to someone’s liking. It is the third-person singular present tense of the verb smakować, which covers both literal tasting of food and figurative sense of appeal or suitability. The word derives from the noun smak, meaning taste or flavor.

In usage, smakować and its present tense form smakuje are used with a singular subject, such as a dish or drink. Examples include: Ta zupa smakuje wyśmienicie. To smakuje mi. In the first person it would be smakuję, and in the third person plural the form is smakują. The expression Smakuje mi to is commonly used to say that something suits one’s tastes or that one enjoys it.

Smakuje can be employed beyond culinary contexts to describe whether something is appealing or appropriate to someone’s preferences, for instance when commenting on a style, music, or atmosphere. This figurative use is common in everyday Polish, where smakuje can convey both a literal taste and a subjective sense of appeal.

Related terms include smak (taste), smaczny (tasty), and smakować (to taste, to suit one’s palate). The verb forms align with standard Polish conjugation patterns for -ować verbs, with smakuje serving as the key present-tense form for singular subjects.