costar

See also: co-star

English

Etymology

From co- ‎ star.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkəʊstɑː(ɹ)/

Noun

costar (plural costars)

1. (acting) a person who shares star billing

   The once famous actor objected to his costar having a bigger dressing room.

2. (acting) a person who slightly lacks the status to be considered a star

   Alas, always a costar but never a star.

Verb

costar (third-person singular simple present costars, present participle costarring, simple past and past participle costarred)

1. to perform with the billing of a costar.

   People thought his career was over but now he will get to costar on Broadway next month.

   • 2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1]:

     Purchasing a snowplow transforms Homer into a new man. Mr. Burns' laziest employee suddenly becomes an ambitious self-starter who buys ad time on local television at 3:17 A.M^[sic] (prime viewing hours, Homer gingerly volunteers, for everyone from alcoholics to the unemployable to garden-variety angry loners) and makes a homemade commercial costarring his family.

Anagrams

• Castor, Castro, Cators, Croats, acrost, actors, castor, scroat, scrota, tarocs

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin constāre, present active infinitive of constō.

Verb

costar (first-person singular indicative present costo, past participle costáu)

1. to cost (incur a charge, a price)

Conjugation

Conjugation of costar

infinitive		costar
gerund		costando
past participle		m costáu, f costada, n costao, m pl costaos, f pl costaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	costo	costes	costa	costamos	costáis	costen
	imperfect	costaba	costabes	costaba	costábemos, costábamos	costabeis, costabais	costaben
	preterite	costé	costasti, costesti	costó	costemos	costastis, costestis	costaron
	pluperfect	costare, costara	costares, costaras	costare, costara	costáremos, costáramos	costareis, costarais	costaren, costaran
	future	costaré	costarás	costará	costaremos	costaréis	costarán
	conditional	costaría	costaríes	costaría	costaríemos, costaríamos	costaríeis, costaríais	costaríen
subjunctive	present	coste	costes, costas	coste	costemos	costéis	costen, costan
	imperfect	costare, costara	costares, costaras	costare, costara	costáremos, costáramos	costareis, costarais	costaren, costaran
imperative		—	costa	—	—	costái	—

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cōnstāre. Compare Occitan costar, French coûter, Spanish costar. Doublet of constar, a borrowing from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kusˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kosˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kosˈtaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

costar (first-person singular present costo, first-person singular preterite costí, past participle costat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. to cost (have a given price)
   • 2009, Jean Grave, Les Aventures d'en Nono:

     Digues, mare, quant costarà un llibre de contes[?]

     Tell me, mother, how much does a story book cost?

2. to be very difficult

Conjugation

    Conjugation of costar (first conjugation)

infinitive			costar
gerund			costant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		costat		costada
		plural		costats		costades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	costo	costes	costa	costem	costeu	costen
	imperfect	costava	costaves	costava	costàvem	costàveu	costaven
	future	costaré	costaràs	costarà	costarem	costareu	costaran
	preterite	costí	costares	costà	costàrem	costàreu	costaren
	conditional	costaria	costaries	costaria	costaríem	costaríeu	costarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	costi	costis	costi	costem	costeu	costin
	imperfect	costés	costessis	costés	costéssim	costéssiu	costessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	costa	costi	costem	costeu	costin
	negative (no)	—	no costis	no costi	no costem	no costeu	no costin

References

• “costar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan costar, from Latin constāre, present active infinitive of constō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

costar

1. to cost

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish costar, from Latin cōnstāre. Doublet of constar, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kosˈtaɾ/ [kosˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cos‧tar

Verb

costar (first-person singular present cuesto, first-person singular preterite costé, past participle costado)

1. to cost
2. to find something very difficult, to have a hard time with something

   Cuando estoy de pie, me cuesta respirar.

   When I'm standing, I find it hard to breathe.

   Le cuesta mucho pronunciar esa palabra.

   He has a really hard time pronouncing that word.

Usage notes

In the second sense, the subject and object roles are inverted relative to the English phrasing, as with gustar.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of costar (o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			costar
gerund			costando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		costado		costada
		plural		costados		costadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cuesto	cuestastú costásvos	cuesta	costamos	costáis	cuestan
	imperfect	costaba	costabas	costaba	costábamos	costabais	costaban
	preterite	costé	costaste	costó	costamos	costasteis	costaron
	future	costaré	costarás	costará	costaremos	costaréis	costarán
	conditional	costaría	costarías	costaría	costaríamos	costaríais	costarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cueste	cuestestú costésvos2	cueste	costemos	costéis	cuesten
	imperfect (ra)	costara	costaras	costara	costáramos	costarais	costaran
	imperfect (se)	costase	costases	costase	costásemos	costaseis	costasen
	future1	costare	costares	costare	costáremos	costareis	costaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cuestatú costávos	cueste	costemos	costad	cuesten
	negative		no cuestes	no cueste	no costemos	no costéis	no cuesten

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of costar (o-ue alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive costar
	dative	costarme	costarte	costarle, costarse	costarnos	costaros	costarles, costarse
	accusative	costarme	costarte	costarlo, costarla, costarse	costarnos	costaros	costarlos, costarlas, costarse
with gerund costando
	dative	costándome	costándote	costándole, costándose	costándonos	costándoos	costándoles, costándose
	accusative	costándome	costándote	costándolo, costándola, costándose	costándonos	costándoos	costándolos, costándolas, costándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative cuesta
	dative	cuéstame	cuéstate	cuéstale	cuéstanos	not used	cuéstales
	accusative	cuéstame	cuéstate	cuéstalo, cuéstala	cuéstanos	not used	cuéstalos, cuéstalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative costá
	dative	costame	costate	costale	costanos	not used	costales
	accusative	costame	costate	costalo, costala	costanos	not used	costalos, costalas
with formal second-person singular imperative cueste
	dative	cuésteme	not used	cuéstele, cuéstese	cuéstenos	not used	cuésteles
	accusative	cuésteme	not used	cuéstelo, cuéstela, cuéstese	cuéstenos	not used	cuéstelos, cuéstelas
with first-person plural imperative costemos
	dative	not used	costémoste	costémosle	costémonos	costémoos	costémosles
	accusative	not used	costémoste	costémoslo, costémosla	costémonos	costémoos	costémoslos, costémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative costad
	dative	costadme	not used	costadle	costadnos	costaos	costadles
	accusative	costadme	not used	costadlo, costadla	costadnos	costaos	costadlos, costadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative cuesten
	dative	cuéstenme	not used	cuéstenle	cuéstennos	not used	cuéstenles, cuéstense
	accusative	cuéstenme	not used	cuéstenlo, cuéstenla	cuéstennos	not used	cuéstenlos, cuéstenlas, cuéstense

Derived terms

• costar un huevo
• costar un ojo de la cara
• costar un pico
• nunca mucho cuesta poco
• quien algo quiere, algo le cuesta

 

Related terms

• costa
• coste
• costo
• costoso

 

Further reading

• “costar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

Venetan

Alternative forms

• gostar

Etymology

From Latin constāre, present active infinitive of constō. Compare Italian costare.

Verb

costar

1. (intransitive) to cost

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of costar (first conjugation)

infinitive	costar
auxiliary verb		èser	gerund		costando
past participle		costà
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	costo	(te) costi	(el/ła) costa	costémo, costòn	costé	(i/łe) costa
imperfect	costava	(te) costavi	(el/ła) costava	costàvimo	costavi	(i/łe) costava
future	costarò	(te) costarè	(el/ła) costarà	costarémo	costarè	(i/łe) costarà
conditional	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	costarìa	(te) costarisi	(el/ła) costarìa	costarìsimo	costarisi	(i/łe) costarìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che eło / eła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri / łore
present	coste, costa	(te) costi	(el/ła) coste, (el/ła) costa	costémo, costone	costé	(i/łe) coste, (i/łe) costa
imperfect	costase	(te) costasi	(el/ła) costase	costàsimo	costasi	(i/łe) costase
imperative	—	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
	—	(te) costa	(el/ła) costa, (el/ła) coste	costémo	costé	(i/łe) costa, (i/łe) coste