when should we use cuesto and when to use cuesta?

Question

Hey ,I got a sentence here, is : Este jabón cuesta dosciento yenes. How come we are using the feminine form of cuesta in here since jabón is a musculine word?

Thanks a lot!

Hi and welcome to the forum. - francobollo, Oct 27, 2012

Answer 1

Here "cuesta" means "costs": it is the third-person singular present tense form of the verb "costar". Verbs do not have genders, except for when they are used as adjectives. "Cuesto" would me "I cost" and would not make any sense in this case.

Answer 2

Cuesta is not feminine when it refers to the verb costar. It's the conjugated form in the present indicative of the verb (3rd person, singular). It costs ---> cuesta.

Costar is an irregular verb. Here's a conjugation table:

The word cuesta is also a noun and it means slope. But this usage has nothing to do with your question.

Answer 3

Ahora no cuesto nada pues, hace algunos decadas, costía hasta $1600 por dia.

Intended to put costo in its place as part of a verb which has other persons, tenses, moods like almost all verbs.

Thinks ... did I mean "costaba". Can't be right all the time. - geofc, Oct 31, 2012