costo

See also: costó, and costò

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈkos.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkos.to]

Verb

costo

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.sto/
• Rhymes: -ɔsto
• Hyphenation: cò‧sto

Etymology 1

Deverbal from costare (“to cost”) +‎ -o.

Noun

costo m (plural costi)

1. cost
2. (archaic) expense

   Synonym: spesa

3. (figurative) cost (negative consequence or loss)
4. (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).

una pianta di costo – a costus plant

Noun

costo m (plural costi)

1. costus (Saussurea costus)

   Hypernym: saussurea

2. a costus plant
3. the root of the costus plant

Etymology 3

Borrowed from translingual Costus, from Latin costus.

Noun

costo m (plural costi)

1. (botany) any of the plants of the genus Costus

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

costo

1. 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

Deverbal from costar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkosto/ [ˈkos.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -osto
• Syllabification: cos‧to

Noun

costo m (plural costos)

1. cost

   Synonyms: coste, costa

2. (slang, Spain) hashish

   Synonym: chocolate

Related terms

• costa
• costar (verb)
• coste
• costoso

 

Further reading

• “costo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28