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costar

to cost

verb koh-STAHR Less Common
People & Society Money

Also means

to be difficult

Usage Note

Costar is an o→ue stem-changing verb: cuesta (it costs), cuestan (they cost). The idiomatic phrase costar trabajo means 'to be hard to do', as in me cuesta trabajo levantarme ('I find it hard to get up'). It is used impersonally like gustar: the thing priced is the grammatical subject.

Examples

"Este libro cuesta diez euros."

Natural Translation

This book costs ten euros.

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