Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | cuesto | |
| tú | cuestas | |
| él / ella / usted | cuesta | |
| nosotros / nosotras | costamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | costáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | cuestan |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | costé | |
| tú | costaste | |
| él / ella / usted | costó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | costamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | costasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | costaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | costaba | |
| tú | costabas | |
| él / ella / usted | costaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | costábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | costabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | costaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | costaré | |
| tú | costarás | |
| él / ella / usted | costará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | costaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | costaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | costarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | costaría | |
| tú | costarías | |
| él / ella / usted | costaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | costaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | costaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | costarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | cueste | |
| tú | cuestes | |
| él / ella / usted | cueste | |
| nosotros / nosotras | costemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | costéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | cuesten |
Use ustedes for plural “you” in Latin America. Its verb form matches ellos / ellas. Vos forms are not included. Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback.
Meaning & usage
- to cost
- to be difficult (for someone), to have a hard time with something
English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗
Meanings and conjugation data adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations