costar

== English == === Etymology === From co- + star. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkəʊstɑː(ɹ)/ === Noun === costar (plural costars) (acting) A person who shares star billing with another. (acting) A person who slightly lacks the status to be considered a star. === Verb === costar (third-person singular simple present costars, present participle costarring, simple past and past participle costarred) (intransitive) To perform with the billing of a costar. (transitive) To feature (a number of star performers) jointly. === Anagrams === Castor, Castro, Cators, Croats, acrost, actors, castor, scroat, scrota, tarocs == Aragonese == === Etymology === From Latin constāre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kosˈta(ɾ)/ Syllabification: cos‧tar Rhymes: -a(ɾ) === Verb === costar (intransitive) to cost ==== Conjugation ==== === References === “costar”, in Aragonario, diccionario aragonés–castellano (in Spanish) “costar”, in Diccionario ortografico de l’aragonés (seguntes la PO de l’EFA)‎[2], Zaragoza: EDACAR, 2023, →ISSN, page 660 Martínez Tur, Feliciano; Rodés Orquín, Francho (2022), “costar”, in Diccionario aragonés-castellano-catalán‎[3], Zaragoza, Spain: Estudio de Filolochía Aragonesa, Edicions Dichitals de l’Academia de l’Aragonés, published April 2025, →ISSN, page 316 == Asturian == === Etymology === From Latin constāre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kosˈtaɾ/ [kos̪ˈt̪aɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: cos‧tar === Verb === costar (first-person singular indicative present costo, past participle costáu) to cost (incur a charge, a price) ==== Conjugation ==== == Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin cōnstāre. Compare Occitan costar, French coûter, Spanish costar. Doublet of constar, a borrowing from Latin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [kusˈta] IPA(key): (Balearic, Northwestern) [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: (Northern) /o̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /ɔ/ to cost (have a given price) to be very difficult ==== Conjugation ==== === References === Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “costar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Occitan == === Etymology === From Old Occitan costar, from Latin constāre. === Pronunciation === === Verb === costar to cost ==== Conjugation ==== This verb needs an inflection-table template. == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish costar, from Latin cōnstāre; the o-ue alternation may have been influenced by the unrelated noun cuesta. 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) to cost to be difficult (for someone), to have a hard time with something ==== Usage notes ==== In the second sense, the subject and object roles are inverted relative to the English phrasing, as with gustar. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “costar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Venetan == === Alternative forms === gostar === Etymology === From Latin constāre. Compare Italian costare. === Verb === costar (intransitive) to cost ==== Conjugation ==== * Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.