costoso

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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)

  1. costly, expensive
    Synonym: caro
    Antonym: economico

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ costoso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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)

  1. costly, expensive
    Synonyms: caro, oneroso, prohibitivo
    Antonyms: económico, barato

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

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