custa

See also: custà and custã

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkusta/ [ˈkus̺.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -usta
• Hyphenation: cus‧ta

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese custa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), back-formation from custar.

Noun

custa f (plural custas)

1. (usually in the plural) cost; expense
2. (law, in the plural) costs, legal expenses

Derived terms

• a custa de

Related terms

• custar

Etymology 2

Verb

custa

1. inflection of custar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

References

• “custa”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “custa”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “custa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “custa”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “custa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “custa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkus.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkus.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈkuʃ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkus.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkuʃ.tɐ/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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Verb

custa

1. inflection of custar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Alternative forms

• costa
• куста (custa) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cōnstāre. Equivalent to cu- +‎ sta. Compare the doublet costa (“to cost”), borrowed through Italian, and consta, borrowed directly from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kusˈta/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: cus‧ta

Verb

a custa (third-person singular present custă, past participle custat, third-person subjunctive custe) 1st conjugation (obsolete, preserved in Crișana or western Transylvania)

1. (intransitive) to live, exist, continue, endure

   Synonyms: trăi, exista, viețui, dura

Conjugation

    conjugation of custa (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a custa
gerund			custând
past participle			custat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	cust	cuști	custă	custăm	custați	custă
	imperfect	custam	custai	custa	custam	custați	custau
	simple perfect	custai	custași	custă	custarăm	custarăți	custară
	pluperfect	custasem	custaseși	custase	custaserăm	custaserăți	custaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să cust	să cuști	să custe	să custăm	să custați	să custe
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		custă			custați
	negative		nu custa			nu custați

Further reading

• “custa”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025