Polyglot Dictionary

costear

/kosteˈaɾ/

verb B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
costeo
preterite (yo)
costeé
past participle
costeado

Meaning

  1. to fund

    • Costeó sus estudios.

      He paid for his studies.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

sufragar

costear and sufragar are close synonyms for "to fund, cover the cost of"; sufragar is slightly more formal.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

custear

custear is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to fund."

Practice

1 What does costear mean?

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