Kostar

to cost; to be worth; to have a priceverb

Alternative meanings

To cost or be worth; to have a price, require an amount of money, or involve a cost in time, effort, work, or sacrifice.

Pronunciation

kohs-TAR

Root and affixes

A loanword from Spanish costar. It is related to price, expense, and value in buying, economic, or effort-related contexts.

Variants or conjugations

presyo = price; gasto = cost or expense; pila = how much or how much does it cost; bili = value or price

Related words and expressions

price, expense, value, amount, cheap

Meaning and usage notes

Use kostar to say that something costs a certain amount. In everyday questions, pila is often used, as in Pila ni? = How much does this cost?