costear

Portuguese

Etymology

From costa +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kos.teˈa(ʁ)/ [kos.teˈa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kos.teˈa(ʁ)/ [kos.teˈa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kos.teˈa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koʃ.teˈa(ʁ)/ [koʃ.teˈa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kos.teˈa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuʃˈtjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuʃˈtjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuʃˈtja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: cos‧te‧ar

Verb

costear (first-person singular present costeio, first-person singular preterite costeei, past participle costeado)

1. (transitive) to pay for; to finance

Conjugation

    Conjugation of costear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	costear
Personal	costear	costeares	costear	costearmos	costeardes	costearem
Gerund
	costeando
Past participle
Masculine	costeado			costeados
Feminine	costeada			costeadas
Indicative
Present	costeio	costeias	costeia	costeamos	costeais	costeiam
Imperfect	costeava	costeavas	costeava	costeávamos	costeáveis	costeavam
Preterite	costeei	costeaste	costeou	costeamos1, costeámos2	costeastes	costearam
Pluperfect	costeara	costearas	costeara	costeáramos	costeáreis	costearam
Future	costearei	costearás	costeará	costearemos	costeareis	costearão
Conditional	costearia	costearias	costearia	costearíamos	costearíeis	costeariam
Subjunctive
Present	costeie	costeies	costeie	costeemos	costeeis	costeiem
Imperfect	costeasse	costeasses	costeasse	costeássemos	costeásseis	costeassem
Future	costear	costeares	costear	costearmos	costeardes	costearem
Imperative
Affirmative		costeia	costeie	costeemos	costeai	costeiem
Negative (não)		não costeies	não costeie	não costeemos	não costeeis	não costeiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Anagrams

• acertos, cortesã, cotares, estocar, recatos, retocas, tocares

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kosteˈaɾ/ [kos.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cos‧te‧ar

Verb

costear (first-person singular present costeo, first-person singular preterite costeé, past participle costeado)

1. (transitive) to pay for; to finance

Conjugation

    Conjugation of costear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			costear
gerund			costeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		costeado		costeada
		plural		costeados		costeadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	costeo	costeastú costeásvos	costea	costeamos	costeáis	costean
	imperfect	costeaba	costeabas	costeaba	costeábamos	costeabais	costeaban
	preterite	costeé	costeaste	costeó	costeamos	costeasteis	costearon
	future	costearé	costearás	costeará	costearemos	costearéis	costearán
	conditional	costearía	costearías	costearía	costearíamos	costearíais	costearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	costee	costeestú costeésvos2	costee	costeemos	costeéis	costeen
	imperfect (ra)	costeara	costearas	costeara	costeáramos	costearais	costearan
	imperfect (se)	costease	costeases	costease	costeásemos	costeaseis	costeasen
	future1	costeare	costeares	costeare	costeáremos	costeareis	costearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		costeatú costeávos	costee	costeemos	costead	costeen
	negative		no costees	no costee	no costeemos	no costeéis	no costeen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of costear

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive costear	dative	costearme	costearte	costearle, costearse	costearnos	costearos	costearles, costearse
	accusative	costearme	costearte	costearlo, costearla, costearse	costearnos	costearos	costearlos, costearlas, costearse
with gerund costeando	dative	costeándome	costeándote	costeándole, costeándose	costeándonos	costeándoos	costeándoles, costeándose
	accusative	costeándome	costeándote	costeándolo, costeándola, costeándose	costeándonos	costeándoos	costeándolos, costeándolas, costeándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative costea	dative	costéame	costéate	costéale	costéanos	not used	costéales
	accusative	costéame	costéate	costéalo, costéala	costéanos	not used	costéalos, costéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative costeá	dative	costeame	costeate	costeale	costeanos	not used	costeales
	accusative	costeame	costeate	costealo, costeala	costeanos	not used	costealos, costealas
with formal second-person singular imperative costee	dative	costéeme	not used	costéele, costéese	costéenos	not used	costéeles
	accusative	costéeme	not used	costéelo, costéela, costéese	costéenos	not used	costéelos, costéelas
with first-person plural imperative costeemos	dative	not used	costeémoste	costeémosle	costeémonos	costeémoos	costeémosles
	accusative	not used	costeémoste	costeémoslo, costeémosla	costeémonos	costeémoos	costeémoslos, costeémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative costead	dative	costeadme	not used	costeadle	costeadnos	costeaos	costeadles
	accusative	costeadme	not used	costeadlo, costeadla	costeadnos	costeaos	costeadlos, costeadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative costeen	dative	costéenme	not used	costéenle	costéennos	not used	costéenles, costéense
	accusative	costéenme	not used	costéenlo, costéenla	costéennos	not used	costéenlos, costéenlas, costéense

Further reading

• “costear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10