costoso

Italian

Etymology

From costare +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈsto.zo/, (traditional) /koˈsto.so/
• Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
• Hyphenation: co‧stó‧so

Adjective

costoso (feminine costosa, masculine plural costosi, feminine plural costose, superlative costosissimo)

1. costly, expensive

   Synonym: caro

   Antonym: economico

Derived terms

• costosamente
• supercostoso

Related terms

• costo

Further reading

• costoso in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• costoso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• costoso in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• costoso in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• costoso in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• costoso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Spanish

Etymology

From costo +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kosˈtoso/ [kosˈt̪o.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: cos‧to‧so

Adjective

costoso (feminine costosa, masculine plural costosos, feminine plural costosas)

1. costly, expensive

   Synonyms: caro, oneroso, prohibitivo

   Antonyms: económico, barato

Derived terms

• costosamente

 

Related terms

• costear

 

See also

• inalcanzable

Further reading

• “costoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014