costear
Spanish, verb/kosteˈaɾ/
costear is spelled C-O-S-T-E-A-R (7 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 22,596th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Costear is a Spanish verb meaning “to afford” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ir navegando sin perder de vista la costa”.
What does costear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to afford
- 2
to pay for; to finance
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ir navegando sin perder de vista la costa.
verb: 1. Hacer el gasto o el costo. 2. Producir una cosa lo suficiente para cubrir los gastos que ocasiona.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of costear
- costeo first-person present singular
- costeé first-person preterite singular
- costeado participle past
- costeando gerund
- costeada feminine participle past
- costeados masculine participle past
- costeadas feminine participle past
- costeas indicative informal present
- costeás indicative informal present
- costea indicative present singular
- costeamos first-person indicative plural
- costeáis indicative plural present
- costean indicative plural present
- costeaba first-person imperfect indicative
- costeabas imperfect indicative second-person
- costeábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- costeabais imperfect indicative plural
- costeaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce costear?
- /kosteˈaɾ/
- [kos.t̪eˈaɾ]
- [kost̪eˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to costear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is costear in Spanish?
costear appears 2.0 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).