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Both "costaron" and "cuestan" are forms of "costar", which is often translated as "to cost". Learn more about "costar" below.
costar(
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)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. to be hard
Me costó decirle la verdad, pero sabía que tenía que hacerlo.It was hard to tell him the truth, but I knew that I had to do it.