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Italian
Etymology
From costare + -oso.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈsto.zo/, (traditional) /koˈsto.so/[1]
- Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
- Hyphenation: co‧stó‧so
Adjective
costoso (feminine costosa, masculine plural costosi, feminine plural costose, superlative costosissimo)
- costly, expensive
- Synonym: caro
- Antonym: economico
Derived terms
References
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/
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: cos‧to‧so
Adjective
costoso (feminine costosa, masculine plural costosos, feminine plural costosas)
- costly, expensive
- Synonyms: caro, oneroso, prohibitivo
- Antonyms: económico, barato
Derived terms
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