Polyglot Dictionary

costa

/ˈkɔstɐ/

a noun B1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as costas

Meaning

  1. coast

    • Viajamos pela costa.

      We travelled along the coast.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

litoral

litoral is more about the coastal region or zone broadly; costa is more about the coastline itself — both mean "coast."

Similar in other languages

German

Küste

Küste is the German word for the same thing — both mean "coast."

Spanish

costa

costa is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "coast."

Practice

1 What does costa mean?

2 Fill the gap: Viajamos pela ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches costa?

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