custar

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese custar, costar, from Latin constāre, present active infinitive of constō.

Verb

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custar (first-person singular present custo, first-person singular preterite custei, past participle custado)

  1. to cost

Conjugation

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese custar, costar, from Vulgar Latin *cōstāre, from Latin cōnstāre. Doublet of constar, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: cus‧tar

Verb

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custar (first-person singular present custo, first-person singular preterite custei, past participle custado)

  1. (transitive) to cost
    Quanto custa?How much does it cost?
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) to be difficult
    Custa muito accreditar nisso.It is difficult to believe this.
  3. (intransitive) to be tiresome, exhausting
    A tarefa custou muito.The job was very tiresome.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Macanese: custâ

References

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  • custar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913