Meaning
coast, coastline
- rib
- cut of meat, chop
- slope, hillside
In a sentence
Ho comprato una costa di manzo dal macellaio.
I bought a beef rib from the butcher.
Ti fa male una costa dopo la partita?
Does one of your ribs hurt after the game?
Abbiamo fatto una passeggiata lungo la costa.
We took a walk along the coast.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| costa | feminine · singular |
| coste | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Do not confuse noun costa with the verb costa (“it costs”), from costare.
- For anatomy, costola is much more common; costa is technical, literary, or used in specific fields.
- For geography, costa often means “coast”; this meat/blade sense is uncommon in everyday speech.