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expensive

 
 
/ɪkˈspensɪv/ adjective

Translation

costing a lot of money
pahalı
expensive jewellery [+ to do sth] It's too expensive to go out every night. → Opposite inexpensive1424
expensively adverb
pahalı bir şekilde
expensively dressed
(Definition of expensive adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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