costa

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coast

noun

costa
feminine noun
1. coast (litoral)
  • pasan las vacaciones en la costa -> they spend their holidays on the coast
  • la costa Azul -> the Côte d'Azur
  • la costa Brava -> the Costa Brava
2. (coste)
  • a costa de -> at the expense of
  • lo hizo a costa de grandes esfuerzos -> he did it by dint of much effort
  • aún vive a costa de sus padres -> he's still living off his parents
  • a toda costa -> at all costs
  • costas (judiciales) (law) -> (legal) costs
also:
  • costa de Marfil -> Ivory Coast

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costa [cos’-tah]
noun
1. Cost, the price paid for a thing. (f)
2. Cost, charge, expense. (f)
3. Expensiveness. (f)
4. Expense or charges of a lawsuit: in this sense it is almost always used in the plural. (f)
  • Condenar en costas -> to sentence a party to pay the costs of a suit
5. Labor, expense, fatigue. (Metaphorical) (f)
  • A costa de -> at the expense of
  • A toda costa -> at all hazards, at all events
6. Coast; the shore. (f)
  • Dar a la costa -> or en la costa, to get on shore
  • Arrimado a la costa -> close inshore

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