tastar

From Old Catalan tastar, perhaps from a Vulgar Latin *tastāre, from older *taxitāre, frequentative based on Late Latin taxāre, derived from Classical Latin tangere (“touch”). Compare Occitan tastar, Italian tastare, Old French taster.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /təsˈta/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /tasˈtaɾ/
• Homophones: tastà, testà, testar
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

tastar (first-person singular present tasto, past participle tastat)

1. (transitive) to taste (perceive the taste of)
2. (transitive) to try, sample
3. (intransitive) to taste (have taste)

• gustar

• provar

• “tastar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “tastar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “tastar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tastar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• tarats, tàtars

tastar m

1. indefinite plural of tast

From Old Occitan tastar, from a Vulgar Latin *tastāre, from *taxitāre, frequentative of Late Latin taxāre, present active infinitive of taxō, from Classical Latin tangō (“I touch”). Compare Catalan tastar, Italian tastare, Old French taster.

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tastar

1. to taste

• gost

Origin is uncertain. Compare Italian tastare and French tâter

tastar (first-person singular present tasto, first-person singular preterite tasté, past participle tastado)

1. (obsolete) to touch
2. (obsolete) to taste with the palate

• “tastar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

From Vulgar Latin *tastāre < *taxitāre, iterative of Late Latin taxāre, present active infinitive of taxō, from Classical Latin tangō (“I touch”). Compare Occitan tastar, Italian tastare, Old French taster.

tastar

1. (transitive) to touch
2. (transitive) to taste

• Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.