costar
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcostar (plural costars)
- (acting) a person who shares star billing
- The once famous actor objected to his costar having a bigger dressing room.
- (acting) a person who slightly lacks the status to be considered a star
- Alas, always a costar but never a star.
Verb
editcostar (third-person singular simple present costars, present participle costarring, simple past and past participle costarred)
- 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
editAsturian
editEtymology
editVerb
editcostar (first-person singular indicative present costo, past participle costáu)
- to cost (incur a charge, a price)
Conjugation
editinfinitive | costar | ||||||
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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
editEtymology
editInherited from Latin cōnstāre. Compare Occitan costar, French coûter, Spanish costar. Doublet of constar, a borrowing from Latin.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Central) [kusˈta]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [kosˈta]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [kosˈtaɾ]
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
editcostar (first-person singular present costo, first-person singular preterite costí, past participle costat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/
- 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?
- to be very difficult
Conjugation
editinfinitive | costar | ||||||
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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
edit- “costar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Occitan
editEtymology
editFrom Old Occitan costar, from Latin constāre.
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Verb
editcostar
- to cost
Conjugation
editThis verb needs an inflection-table template.
Spanish
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Spanish costar, from Latin cōnstāre. Doublet of constar, a borrowing.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editcostar (first-person singular present cuesto, first-person singular preterite costé, past participle costado)
- to cost
- 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
editIn the second sense, the subject and object roles are inverted relative to the English phrasing, as with gustar.
Conjugation
editinfinitive | costar | ||||||
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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 |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “costar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Venetan
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Latin constāre. Compare Italian costare.
Verb
editcostar
- (intransitive) to cost
Conjugation
edit* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
infinitive | costar | |||||
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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 | 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 |
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