costar

See also: co-star

English

Etymology

From co- +‎ star.

Noun

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

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 (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

• Castor, Castro, Croats, acrost, actors, castor, scroat, scrota, tarocs

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin constāre, present active infinitive of constō.

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of costar

infinitive		costar
gerund		costando
past participle		m costáu, f costada, n costao, m pl costaos, f pl costaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	costo	costes	costa	costamos	costáis	costen
	imperfect	costaba	costabes	costaba	costábemos, costábamos	costabeis, costabais	costaben
	preterite	costé	costasti, costesti	costó	costemos	costastis, costestis	costaron
	pluperfect	costare, costara	costares, costaras	costare, costara	costáremos, costáramos	costareis, costarais	costaren, costaran
	future	costaré	costarás	costará	costaremos	costaréis	costarán
	conditional	costaría	costaríes	costaría	costaríemos, costaríamos	costaríeis, costaríais	costaríen
subjunctive	present	coste	costes, costas	coste	costemos	costéis	costen, costan
	imperfect	costare, costara	costares, costaras	costare, costara	costáremos, costáramos	costareis, costarais	costaren, costaran
imperative		—	costa	—	—	costái	—

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Catalan

Etymology

From , from Latin constāre, present active infinitive of constō. Doublet of constar, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kusˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kosˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kosˈtaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

costar (first-person singular present costo, first-person singular preterite costí, past participle costat)

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

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Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan costar, from Latin constāre, present active infinitive of constō.

Verb

costar

1. to cost

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish costar, from Latin constāre, present active infinitive of constō. Doublet of constar, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kosˈtaɾ/ [kosˈt̪aɾ]

Verb

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.

Derived terms

• costar un huevo
• costar un huevo
• costar un ojo de la cara
• nunca mucho cuesta poco
• quien algo quiere, algo le cuesta

 

Related terms

• costa
• coste
• costo
• costoso

 

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Venetian

Alternative forms

• gostar

Etymology

From Latin constāre, present active infinitive of constō. Compare Italian costare.

Verb

costar

1. (intransitive) to cost

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of costar (first conjugation)

infinitive	costar
auxiliary verb		èser	gerund		costando
past participle		costà
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	costo	(te) costi	(el/ła) costa	costémo, costòn	costé	(i/łe) costa
imperfect	costava	(te) costavi	(el/ła) costava	costàvimo	costavi	(i/łe) costava
future	costarò	(te) costarè	(el/ła) costarà	costarémo	costarè	(i/łe) costarà
conditional	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	costarìa	(te) costarisi	(el/ła) costarìa	costarìsimo	costarisi	(i/łe) costarìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che eło / eła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri / łore
present	coste, costa	(te) costi	(el/ła) coste, (el/ła) costa	costémo, costone	costé	(i/łe) coste, (i/łe) costa
imperfect	costase	(te) costasi	(el/ła) costase	costàsimo	costasi	(i/łe) costase
imperative	—	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
	—	(te) costa	(el/ła) costa, (el/ła) coste	costémo	costé	(i/łe) costa, (i/łe) coste