Meaning
to cost
In a sentence
Quanto costa questo biglietto per Roma?
How much does this ticket to Rome cost?
La cena non costa molto qui.
Dinner doesn't cost much here.
Questo telefono costa troppo.
This phone costs too much.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| costare | infinitive |
| costiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| costo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| costate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| costi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| costano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| costa | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| costavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| costavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| costavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| costavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| costavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| costava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| costammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| costai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| costaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| costasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| costarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| costò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| costeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| costerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| costerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| costerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| costeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| costerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| costiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| costi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| costiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| costi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| costino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| costi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| costassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| costassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| costaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| costassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| costassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| costasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| costeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| costerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| costereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| costeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| costerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| costerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| costiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| costate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| costa | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| costando | gerund |
| costato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use costare for price: Quanto costa? For expenses in general, spendere means to spend, not to have a price.
- The thing is the subject: Il libro costa dieci euro. Don't say *io costo dieci euro for I pay ten euros.
- With effort or sacrifice, costare often takes a dative pronoun: Mi costa fatica, Gli è costato caro.