costoso
Spanish, adjective/kosˈtoso/
costoso is spelled C-O-S-T-O-S-O (7 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 12,773rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Costoso is a Spanish adjective meaning “costly, expensive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lo que cuesta mucho dinero”.
What does costoso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
costly, expensive
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Lo que cuesta mucho dinero. 2. Lo que cuesta mucho esfuerzo o trabajo. 3. Que acarrea un gasto exorbitante de dinero.
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 costoso
- costosa feminine
- costosos masculine plural
- costosas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce costoso?
- /kosˈtoso/
- [kosˈt̪o.so]
- [kosˈt̪oso]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to costoso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is costoso in Spanish?
costoso appears 4.6 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).