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costar

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See also: co-star

English

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Etymology

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From co- +‎ star.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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costar (plural costars)

  1. (acting) a person who shares star billing
    The once famous actor objected to his costar having a bigger dressing room.
  2. (acting) a person who slightly lacks the status to be considered a star
    Alas, always a costar but never a star.

Verb

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costar (third-person singular simple present costars, present participle costarring, simple past and past participle costarred)

  1. 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

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Asturian

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Etymology

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From Latin constāre.

Verb

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costar (first-person singular indicative present costo, past participle costáu)

  1. to cost (incur a charge, a price)

Conjugation

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin cōnstāre. Compare Occitan costar, French coûter, Spanish costar. Doublet of constar, a borrowing from Latin.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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costar (first-person singular present costo, first-person singular preterite costí, past participle costat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

  1. 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?
  2. to be very difficult

Conjugation

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References

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  • “costar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Occitan

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Etymology

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From Old Occitan costar, from Latin constāre.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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costar

  1. to cost

Conjugation

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This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish costar, from Latin cōnstāre. Doublet of constar, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kosˈtaɾ/ [kosˈt̪aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: cos‧tar

Verb

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costar (first-person singular present cuesto, first-person singular preterite costé, past participle costado)

  1. to cost
  2. 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

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In the second sense, the subject and object roles are inverted relative to the English phrasing, as with gustar.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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Venetan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin constāre. Compare Italian costare.

Verb

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costar

  1. (intransitive) to cost

Conjugation

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* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.