costo
See also: costó and costò
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈkos.to/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈkos.tu/
Verb
costo
- first-person singular present indicative form of costar
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.sto/
- Rhymes: -ɔsto
- Hyphenation: cò‧sto
Etymology 1
Deverbal from costare (“to cost”) + -o.
Noun
costo m (plural costi)
- cost
- (archaic) expense
- Synonym: spesa
- (figurative) cost (negative consequence or loss)
- (archaic) usury
- Synonym: usura
Derived terms
- a tutti i costi
Related terms
- costare
- costoso
Descendants
- → Greek: κόστος (kóstos)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin costum, costus, from Ancient Greek κόστος (kóstos), from Sanskrit कुष्ठ (kuṣṭha).
![](Images/wiktionary/Saussurea_%C2%BF_costus_%253F_(7839595576).jpg.webp)
una pianta di costo – a costus plant
Noun
costo m (plural costi)
- costus (Saussurea costus)
- Hypernym: saussurea
- a costus plant
- the root of the costus plant
Etymology 3
Borrowed from translingual Costus, from Latin costus.
Noun
costo m (plural costi)
- (botany) any of the plants of the genus Costus
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
costo
- first-person singular present indicative of costare
Further reading
- costo1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- costo2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- costo3 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- Tosco, scoto, scoto-, tosco
Spanish
Etymology
From costar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkosto/ [ˈkos.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -osto
- Syllabification: cos‧to
Noun
costo m (plural costos)
- cost
- Synonyms: coste, costa
- (slang, Spain) hashish
- Synonym: chocolate
Related terms
- costa
- costar (verb)
- coste
- costoso
Further reading
- “costo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014