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A1-ar verbregular

gustar

Regular endings, backwards grammar — the thing you like is the subject, not you.

Quick answer

gustar · gusto, gustas, gusta, gustamos, gustáis, gustan

to like (literally: to please). Fully regular, so the endings carry over to every other -ar verb.

Conjugation

PersonPresentPreteriteImperfectFuture
yogustogustégustabagustaré
túgustasgustastegustabasgustarás
él / ella / ustedgustagustógustabagustará
nosotrosgustamosgustamosgustábamosgustaremos
vosotrosgustáisgustasteisgustabaisgustaréis
ellos / ustedesgustangustarongustabangustarán

Orange marks a form you cannot guess from the rules.

Non-finiteForm
gerundgustando
past participlegustado
imperative (tú)gusta
subjunctive (yo)guste

Which form to learn first

me gusta and me gustan. Which one you use depends on the thing, not on you.

Where you will actually use it

Me gusta el café.I like coffee — literally “coffee pleases me”.
Me gustan los perros.I like dogs — plural thing, plural verb.
¿Te gusta?Do you like it?
No me gusta nada.I do not like it at all.
Me gusta bailar.I like dancing — an infinitive counts as singular.
A mi hermano le gusta el fútbol.My brother likes football.
Me gustaría un café.I would like a coffee — the polite form.

Typical mistakes

Yo gusto el café.

Me gusta el café.

Yo gusto means other people find you attractive.

Me gusta los perros.

Me gustan los perros.

The verb agrees with the dogs, not with you.

Mi hermano le gusta el fútbol.

A mi hermano le gusta el fútbol.

When you name the person, the sentence still needs the a.

Check yourself

___ las películas españolas.

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