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cost, cost UK: /kɒst/ US: /kɑːst/

Translation

v [t]

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⇨ costar

How much does it cost to go swimming?

¿Cuánto cuesta ir a nadar?

It cost him a fortune

Le costó un dineral

How much does this cost?

¿Cuánto cuesta esto?

■ constr. 1. to cost + to do sth 2. to cost + dos objetos

Véase tb: to {charge/cost} the earth

(Definition of cost v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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