English

Noun

costar ‎(plural costars)

1. (acting) A person who shares star billing.

   The once famous actor objected to his costar having a bigger dressing room.

2. (acting) A person who slightly lacks the status to be considered a star.

   Alas, always a costar but never a star.

Verb

costar ‎(third-person singular simple present costars, present participle costarring, simple past and past participle costarred)

1. to perform with the billing of a costar.

   People thought his career was over but now he will get to costar on Broadway next month.

   • 2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in (Please provide the title of the work):

     Purchasing a snowplow transforms Homer into a new man. Mr. Burns' laziest employee suddenly becomes an ambitious self-starter who buys ad time on local television at 3:17 A.M (prime viewing hours, Homer gingerly volunteers, for everyone from alcoholics to the unemployable to garden-variety angry loners) and makes a homemade commercial costarring his family.

Anagrams

• acrost
• actors
• castor, Castor
• Croats
• scrota

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin constāre, present active infinitive of constō.

Verb

costar

1. to cost (to incur a charge, a price)

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin constāre, present active infinitive of constō.

Verb

costar ‎(first-person singular present costo, past participle costat)

1. to cost (have a given price)
   • 2009, Jean Grave, Les Aventures d'en Nono:

     Digues, mare, quant costarà un llibre de contes[?]

     Tell me, mother, how much does a story book cost?

2. to be very difficult

Conjugation

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin constāre, present active infinitive of constō.

Verb

costar

1. to cost

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Standard Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		costar			èsser costat
past participle		costat			-
gerund		costant			èssent costat
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	costi	costas	costa	costam	costatz	costan
	imperfect	costavi	costavas	costava	costàvem	costàvetz	costavan
	preterite	costèri	costères	costèt	costèrem	costèretz	costèron
	future	costarai	costaràs	costarà	costarem	costaretz	costaràn
conditional		costariái	costariás	costariá	costariam	costariatz	costarián
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of Aver plus the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of Aver plus the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of Aver plus the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of Aver plus the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of Aver plus the past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	coste	costes	coste	costem	costetz	costen
	imperfect	costèssi	costèsses	costèsse	costèssem	costèssetz	costèsson
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
imperative		-	tu	-	nosautres	vosautres	-
			costa		costem	costatz

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		costar			èsser costat
past participle		costat			-
gerund		costant			èssent costat
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	coste	costes	costa	costam	costatz	coston
	imperfect	costave	costaves	costava	costaviam	costaviatz	costavon
	preterite	costere	costeres	costet	costem	costetz	costeron
	future	costarai	costaràs	costará	costarem	costaretz	costarán
conditional		costariá	costariás	costariá	costariam	costariatz	costarián
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of Aver plus the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of Aver plus the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of Aver plus the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of Aver plus the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of Aver plus the past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	coste	costes	coste	costassiam	costassiatz	coston
	imperfect	costesse	costesses	costesse	costessiam	costessiatz	costesson
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
imperative		-	tu	-	nosautres	vosautres	-
			costa		costassiam	costatz

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		costar			èsser costat
past participle		costat			-
gerund		costant			èssent costat
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	costi	costas	costa	costam	costatz	costan
	imperfect	costavi	costavas	costava	costàvam	costàvatz	costavan
	preterite	costèi	costès	costè	costèm	costètz	costèn
	future	costarèi	costaràs	costarà	costaram	costaratz	costaràn
conditional		costarí	costarés	costaré	costarem	costaretz	costarén
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of Aver plus the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of Aver plus the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of Aver plus the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of Aver plus the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of Aver plus the past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	costi	costes	coste	costem	costetz	costen
	imperfect	costèssi	costèsses	costèsse	costèssem	costèssetz	costèssen
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
imperative		-	tu	-	nosautres	vosautres	-
			costa		costem	costatz

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		costar			èsser costat
past participle		costat			-
gerund		costant			èssent costat
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	coste	costas	costa	costam	costatz	costan
	imperfect	costava	costavas	costava	costàvam	costàvatz	costavan
	preterite	costei	costeras	costet	costèram	costèratz	costeran
	future	costarai	costaràs	costará	costarem	costaretz	costarán
conditional		costariá	costariàs	costariá	costariam	costariatz	costarián
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of Aver plus the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of Aver plus the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of Aver plus the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of Aver plus the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of Aver plus the past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	coste	costes	coste	costem	costetz	costen
	imperfect	costèsse	costèsses	costèsse	costèssem	costèssetz	costèssen
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
imperative		-	tu	-	nosautres	vosautres	-
			costa		costem	costatz

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		costar			èsser costat
past participle		costat			-
gerund		costant			èssent costat
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	coste	costes	costa	costam	costatz	costan
	imperfect	costavi	costavas	costava	costàvem	costàvetz	costavan
	preterite	costère	costères	costèt	costeriam	costeriatz	costèron
	future	costarai	costaràs	costarà	costarem	costaretz	costaràn
conditional		costariáu	costariás	costariá	costariam	costariatz	costarián
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of Aver plus the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of Aver plus the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of Aver plus the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of Aver plus the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of Aver plus the past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	coste	costes	coste	costem	costetz	costan
	imperfect	costèsse	costèsses	costèsse	costessiam	costessiatz	costèsson
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
imperative		-	tu	-	nosautres	vosautres	-
			costa		costem	costatz

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin constāre, present active infinitive of constō.

Verb

costar ‎(first-person singular present cuesto, first-person singular preterite costé, past participle costado)

1. to cost
2. to find (something) very difficult, to have a hard time with something

   Cuando estoy de pie, me cuesta respirar.

   When I'm standing, I find it hard to breathe.

   Le cuesta mucho pronunciar esa palabra.

   He has a really hard time pronouncing that word.

Conjugation

• Rule: o becomes a ue in stressed syllables.

Related terms

• costa
• coste
• costo
• costoso

Venetian

Alternative forms

• gostar

Etymology

From Latin constāre, present active infinitive of constō. Compare Italian costare.

Verb

costar

1. (intransitive) to cost

Conjugation

• Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.