Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | costeo | |
| tú | costeas | |
| él / ella / usted | costea | |
| nosotros / nosotras | costeamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | costeáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | costean |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | costeé | |
| tú | costeaste | |
| él / ella / usted | costeó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | costeamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | costeasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | costearon |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | costeaba | |
| tú | costeabas | |
| él / ella / usted | costeaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | costeábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | costeabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | costeaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | costearé | |
| tú | costearás | |
| él / ella / usted | costeará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | costearemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | costearéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | costearán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | costearía | |
| tú | costearías | |
| él / ella / usted | costearía | |
| nosotros / nosotras | costearíamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | costearíais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | costearían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | costee | |
| tú | costees | |
| él / ella / usted | costee | |
| nosotros / nosotras | costeemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | costeéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | costeen |
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 afford
- to pay for; to finance
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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