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Swedish
Verb
kosta på (present kostar på, preterite kostade på, supine kostat på, imperative kosta på)
- to pay for (to someone, of something)
Föräldrarna kostade på henne en dyr cykel- Her parents bought her an expensive bike
- (reflexive) to grant oneself
Så dyrt är det inte. Det kan vi kosta på oss.- It's not that expensive. We can grant ourselves that.
- (reflexive, figuratively) to bother oneself
Han kostade inte ens på sig ett tack- He couldn't even be bothered to say thanks
- to be taxing
1924, Evert Taube (lyrics and music), “Sjuttonde balladen [The seventeenth ballad]”:Det kostar på att hålla fred, Gud vet, med den som tigger mig att jag skall sjunga- It's taxing, God knows, to keep peace with the one who begs me to sing
Conjugation
Conjugation of
kosta (weak)
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