taste

sabor

Sensación que un alimento, una bebida u otra sustancia produce en la lengua.

En inglés sencillo: The feeling that food, drink, or another substance produces on your tongue.

• The soup has a salty taste.
• A strange taste remained in my mouth.
• Do you like the taste of lemon?

Cómo se usa: taste of something (I love the taste of fresh strawberries.)

Sinónimos: flavour

Expresiones frecuentes: sweet taste, bitter taste, taste of something, strange taste

gusto, sentido del gusto

Capacidad de percibir sabores con la lengua al comer o beber.

En inglés sencillo: The ability to notice flavours with your tongue when you eat or drink.

• Taste helps us enjoy food.
• She lost her sense of taste during the illness.
• Smell and taste work together when we eat.

Expresiones frecuentes: sense of taste, loss of taste, taste and smell

gusto, preferencia

Las cosas que te gustan y tu capacidad para elegir lo que resulta bonito o agradable al oído.

En inglés sencillo: The kinds of things you like, and your ability to choose things that look or sound good.

• She has good taste in clothes.
• Our tastes in music are very different.
• Is this painting to your taste?

Cómo se usa: taste in something (We have similar taste in music.); to someone's taste (The bright wallpaper isn't to my taste.)

Sinónimos: preference, liking

Expresiones frecuentes: good taste, taste in music, personal taste, to someone's taste

saber

Tener un sabor determinado al comerlo o beberlo.

En inglés sencillo: To have a particular flavor when you eat or drink it.

• This cake tastes good.
• The water tasted strange yesterday.
• Does the soup taste too salty?

Cómo se usa: taste + adjective (These apples taste sweet.); taste like something (The sauce tastes like lemon.)

Expresiones frecuentes: taste good, taste sweet, taste like something

probar

Comer o beber un poco de algo para conocer su sabor.

En inglés sencillo: To eat or drink a little of something to find out its flavor.

• Taste this cheese.
• She tasted the sauce before adding salt.
• Have you tasted the local bread?

Sinónimos: try, sample

Expresiones frecuentes: taste something, taste the soup, taste the sauce