Conjugate Costar in Spanish: All Tense, Chart, Practice Test

spanish conjugation of costar
Mastering the Spanish language involves getting to grips with its various verbs and their conjugations. A particularly interesting verb that Spanish learners often encounter is “costar,” which means “to cost.” Understanding how to conjugate “costar” in Spanish is crucial for those looking to express the value of items or services, making it a fundamental aspect of everyday communication in Spanish-speaking environments. This verb follows a certain pattern that, once learned, can greatly enhance your ability to speak about preferences, needs, and shopping.

The process of learning how to conjugate “costar” in Spanish involves familiarizing oneself with its irregular conjugation pattern, especially in the present tense, where it undergoes a stem change from o to ue. This peculiar characteristic makes it stand out among other verbs. Delving into the conjugation rules not only aids in constructing accurate sentences but also helps in understanding how stem-changing verbs operate within the language, broadening your grammatical competence.

This article aims to provide a comprehensive guide on how to conjugate “costar” in Spanish, covering its various tenses and providing insights into its usage. Whether you are a beginner looking to build a solid foundation in Spanish or an advanced learner polishing your skills, mastering the conjugation of “costar” will undoubtedly enrich your verbal expressions, allowing for more accurate and complex communications.

Costar Conjugation Chart in Spanish

Here is the conjugation table for the verb “costar” in Spanish:

Personal Pronoun	Presente	Pretérito	Imperfecto	Futuro	Condicional	Presente Subjuntivo	Imperfecto Subjuntivo	Imperativo
Yo	cuesto	costé	costaba	costaré	costaría	cueste	costara	cuesta*
Tú	cuestas	costaste	costabas	costarás	costarías	cuestes	costaras	cuesta
Él/Ella/Usted	cuesta	costó	costaba	costará	costaría	cueste	costara	cueste
Nosotros	costamos	costamos	costábamos	costaremos	costaríamos	costemos	costáramos	costemos
Vosotros	costáis	costasteis	costabais	costaréis	costaríais	costéis	costarais	costad
Ellos/Ellas/ Ustedes	cuestan	costaron	costaban	costarán	costarían	cuesten	costaran	cuesten

Please note:
– “Costar” is used to express the cost or value of something, thus its conjugation is pretty standard apart from the change in the present form for some subjects (yo, tú, él/ella/usted) which follows an “o” to “ue” stem change.
– The imperative form for “yo” (*) does not officially exist as commands are not typically given in the first person singular. Instead, the present subjunctive form is sometimes provided in its place for reference, even though it may not be applicable in direct commands.

Costar Conjugation Present Tense – Presente

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example Sentence	English Meaning
yo	cuesto	Yo cuesto mucho trabajo.	I cost a lot of effort.
tú	cuestas	¿Cuánto cuestas tú?	How much do you cost?
él/ella	cuesta	Eso cuesta demasiado.	That costs too much.
nosotros	costamos	Nosotros costamos el proyecto.	We cost the project.
vosotros	costáis	Vosotros costáis la diferencia.	You (plural) make the difference.
ellos	cuestan	Ellos cuestan una fortuna.	They cost a fortune.

Costar Conjugation Present Perfect Tense – Pretérito Perfecto Conjugation Chart

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example Sentence	English Meaning
yo	he costado	Yo he costado mucho trabajo.	I have cost a lot of work.
tú	has costado	Tú has costado más de lo esperado.	You have costed more than expected.
él/ella/usted	ha costado	Ella ha costado una fortuna.	She has cost a fortune.
nosotros/as	hemos costado	Nosotros hemos costado esfuerzo al equipo.	We have cost the team effort.
vosotros/as	habéis costado	Vosotros habéis costado varias horas de trabajo.	You all have cost several hours of work.
ellos/ellas/ustedes	han costado	Ellos han costado demasiado.	They have cost too much.

Costar Conjugation Simple Paste Tense – Pretérito Indefinido

Here’s Costar conjugation preterite indefinido:

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example Sentence	English Meaning
yo	costé	Yo costé la comida en el mercado.	I paid for the food at the market.
tú	costaste	Tú costaste tu tiempo libre trabajando.	You spent your free time working.
él/ella/usted	costó	Ella costó mucho en su educación.	She spent a lot on her education.
nosotros/nosotras	costamos	Nosotros costamos nuestra energía en el proyecto.	We spent our energy on the project.
vosotros/vosotras	costasteis	Vosotros costasteis todos vuestros ahorros en el viaje.	You all spent all your savings on the trip.
ellos/ellas/ustedes	costaron	Ellos costaron sus esfuerzos en ayudar a la comunidad.	They spent their efforts in helping the community.

Costar Imperfect Conjugation – Pretérito Imperfecto

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example Sentence	English Meaning
(tú)	cuesta	Cuesta esa botella en la mesa.	Put that bottle on the table.
(usted)	cueste	Cueste usted ese documento aquí.	Put that document here, please.
(nosotros)	costemos	Costemos los libros en la estantería.	Let’s put the books on the shelf.
(vosotros)	costad	Costad las sillas alrededor de la mesa.	Set the chairs around the table.
(ustedes)	cuesten	Cuesten los platos en la cocina.	Put the plates in the kitchen.

Costar Conjugation Pluperfect/Past Perfect Tense – Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example Sentence	English Meaning
yo	había costado	Yo ya había costado la comida cuando llegaron.	I had already paid for the food by the time they arrived.
tú	habías costado	Tú habías costado mucho más de lo esperado.	You had cost much more than expected.
él/ella/usted	había costado	Él había costado su esfuerzo en esa tarea.	He had paid his effort in that task.
nosotros/as	habíamos costado	Nosotros habíamos costado nuestra amistad en esa discusión.	We had paid our friendship in that argument.
vosotros/as	habíais costado	Vosotros habíais costado vuestra participación antes de comenzar.	You had paid your participation before beginning.
ellos/ellas/ustedes	habían costado	Ellos habían costado mucho para la empresa.	They had cost a lot for the company.

Note: The use of costar in the sense of “to cost” is irregular in this context since costar does not typically change its form to indicate a past participle used by the subject. Adjustments were made to fit the request, albeit they might not align with standard usage.

Costar Conjugation Simple Future Tense – Futuro Simple

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example Sentence	English Meaning
Yo	costaré	Yo costaré lo necesario.	I will cost what’s necessary.
Tú	costarás	Tú costarás una fortuna.	You will cost a fortune.
Él/Ella	costará	Eso costará más tiempo.	That will cost more time.
Nosotros	costaremos	Nosotros costaremos menos.	We will cost less.
Vosotros	costaréis	Vosotros costaréis la cena	You all will cost the dinner.
Ellos	costarán	Ellos costarán un esfuerzo	They will cost an effort.

Costar Spanish Conjugation Future Perfect Tense – Futuro Perfecto

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example Sentence	English Meaning
yo	habré costado	Para diciembre, yo habré costado mucho dinero en regalos.	By December, I will have cost a lot of money in gifts.
tú	habrás costado	Tú habrás costado tu equipo muchas horas de entrenamiento.	You will have cost your team many hours of training.
él/ella/usted	habrá costado	Él habrá costado a sus padres una fortuna en educación.	He will have cost his parents a fortune in education.
nosotros/as	habremos costado	Nosotros habremos costado al club más de lo previsto.	We will have cost the club more than expected.
vosotros/as	habréis costado	Vosotros habréis costado a la empresa un gran esfuerzo.	You will have cost the company a great effort.
ellos/ellas/ustedes	habrán costado	Ellas habrán costado mucho más de lo que pensábamos en el proyecto.	They will have cost much more than we thought in the project.

Costar Conjugation Simple Conditional Tense – Condicional Simple

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example Sentence	English Meaning
yo	costaría	Yo costaría un viaje a Japón.	I would cost a trip to Japan.
tú	costarías	¿Cuánto costarías este servicio?	How much would you cost this service?
él/ella/usted	costaría	Esa reforma costaría mucho dinero.	That reform would cost a lot of money.
nosotros/nosotras	costaríamos	Nosotros costaríamos cinco plazas en el coche.	We would cost five seats in the car.
vosotros/vosotras	costaríais	¿Cuánto costaríais por este proyecto?	How much would you cost for this project?
ellos/ellas/ustedes	costarían	Ellos costarían los recursos necesarios.	They would cost the necessary resources.

Conjugate Costar in Spanish: Conditional Perfect Tense – Condicional Compuesto

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example Sentence	English Meaning
yo	habría costado	Yo habría costado mucho esfuerzo completar esa tarea.	I would have cost a lot of effort to complete that task.
tú	habrías costado	¿Cuánto habrías costado si hubieses vendido tu coche?	How much would you have cost if you had sold your car?
él/ella/usted	habría costado	Ese error le habría costado el trabajo a cualquiera.	That mistake would have cost anyone the job.
nosotros/nosotras	habríamos costado	Habríamos costado menos si nos hubiesen contratado directamente.	We would have cost less if they had hired us directly.
vosotros/vosotras	habríais costado	Habríais costado más de lo planeado en el proyecto.	You would have cost more than planned in the project.
ellos/ellas/ustedes	habrían costado	Habrían costado una fortuna en reparaciones.	They would have cost a fortune in repairs.

Costar Conjugation Imperative Tense – Imperativo

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example Sentence	English Meaning
(tú)	cuesta	Cuesta esa botella en la mesa.	Put that bottle on the table.
(usted)	cueste	Cueste usted ese documento aquí.	Put that document here, please.
(nosotros)	costemos	Costemos los libros en la estantería.	Let’s put the books on the shelf.
(vosotros)	costad	Costad las sillas alrededor de la mesa.	Set the chairs around the table.
(ustedes)	cuesten	Cuesten los platos en la cocina.	Put the plates in the kitchen.

Costar Subjunctive Conjugation

Costar Subjunctive Conjugation Present Tense – Subjuntivo Presente

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example Sentence	English Meaning
yo	cueste	Espero que no me cueste mucho trabajo.	I hope it doesn’t cost me a lot of work.
tú	cuestes	Quiero que cuestes menos esfuerzo.	I want you to cost less effort.
él/ella	cueste	Es bueno que eso cueste menos.	It’s good that that costs less.
nosotros	costemos	Espero que costemos menos este año.	I hope we cost less this year.
vosotros	costéis	Es importante que costéis menos dinero.	It’s important for you to cost less money.
ellos	cuesten	Deseo que los platos cuesten menos.	I wish that the dishes cost less.

Costar Conjugation Present Perfect Subjunctive – Subjuntivo Pretérito Perfecto

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example Sentence	English Meaning
yo	haya costado	Espero que yo haya costado poco al arreglar el coche.	I hope that I have cost little to fix the car.
tú	hayas costado	Ojalá tú hayas costado menos de lo esperado.	Hopefully, you have cost less than expected.
él/ella/usted	haya costado	Me alegra que el regalo haya costado menos de lo que creías.	I’m glad that the gift has cost less than you thought.
nosotros/nosotras	hayamos costado	Es bueno que nosotros hayamos costado menos en el proyecto.	It’s good that we have cost less in the project.
vosotros/vosotras	hayáis costado	Espero que vosotros hayáis costado lo justo en la fiesta.	I hope that you all have cost the right amount at the party.
ellos/ellas/ustedes	hayan costado	Me alegraría que ellos hayan costado menos de lo presupuestado.	I would be pleased if they have cost less than budgeted.

Costar Conjugation Imperfect Subjunctive – Subjuntivo Pretérito Imperfecto

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example Sentence	English Meaning
yo	costara	Esperaba que yo costara menos dinero.	I hoped that I would cost less money.
tú	costaras	Si tú costaras menos, te compraría.	If you cost less, I would buy you.
él/ella/usted	costara	Querían que el coche costara menos.	They wanted the car to cost less.
nosotros/as	costáramos	Nos sorprendió que los billetes costáramos tanto.	It surprised us that the tickets would cost so much.
vosotros/as	costarais	Ojalá que esos zapatos costarais menos.	I wish those shoes would cost less.
ellos/ellas/ustedes	costaran	Les aconsejé que buscaran una casa que costaran menos.	I advised them to look for a house that would cost less.

Costar Pluperfect Subjunctive Conjugation – Subjuntivo Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example Sentence	English Meaning
yo	hubiera costado	Si yo hubiera costado menos, habrían comprado más.	If I had cost less, they would have bought more.
tú	hubieras costado	¿Y si tú hubieras costado menos esfuerzo?	And if you had cost less effort?
él/ella/usted	hubiera costado	Él nunca imaginó que hubiera costado tanto.	He never imagined it had cost so much.
nosotros/nosotras	hubiéramos costado	Si lo sabíamos, no hubiéramos costado tanto tiempo.	If we had known, we wouldn’t have taken so much time.
vosotros/vosotras	hubierais costado	Si hubierais costado menos, os habrían elegido.	If you had cost less, you would have been chosen.
ellos/ellas/ustedes	hubieran costado	Dijeron que si hubieran costado menos, las compras serían más.	They said if they had cost less, the purchases would be more.

Costar Conjugation Future Subjunctive – Subjuntivo Futuro

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example Sentence	English Meaning
yo	costare	Si yo costare tanto, preferiría no comprarlo.	If I were to cost so much, I would prefer not to buy it.
tú	costares	Si tú costares menos, te compraría sin dudarlo.	If you were to cost less, I would buy you without hesitation.
él/ella/usted	costare	Si él costare más de lo esperado, reconsideraremos.	If he were to cost more than expected, we will reconsider.
nosotros/nosotras	costáremos	Cuando nosotros costáremos una fortuna, quizás nos valoren más.	When we were to cost a fortune, perhaps they will value us more.
vosotros/vosotras	costareis	Si vosotros costareis lo justo, seréis adquiridos.	If you were to cost the fair amount, you will be acquired.
ellos/ellas/ustedes	costaren	Si ellos costaren demasiado, buscaríamos alternativas.	If they were to cost too much, we would look for alternatives.

Practice Test For Conjugating Costar in Spanish

Yo __ demasiado en esa camisa.

A) cueste
B) cuesta
C) cuesto
D) costamos
Tú __ mucho dinero en libros cada mes.

A) costamos
B) cuestas
C) cuestan
D) gastas
Él __ realizar ese trabajo.

A) costamos
B) cueste
C) costó
D) cuesta
Nosotros __ encontrar boletos a buen precio.

A) costamos
B) cuesta
C) costamos
D) cuestan
Vosotros __ organizar la fiesta sin ayuda.

A) costáis
B) cuesta
C) costamos
D) cuestan
Ellos __ entender las instrucciones a veces.

A) cuestan
B) cuesta
C) hay
D) cuestan
¿Cuánto __ esta computadora?

A) cuestan
B) cuesta
C) cueste
D) costamos
Esta semana nos __ más de lo esperado llegar al objetivo.

A) cuestan
B) cuesta
C) coste
D) ha costado
¿Cuánto __ tú por tu coche nuevo?

A) cueste
B) cuestas
C) costaste
D) costó
Me __ entender este tema.

A) cuesta
B) cuesto
C) cuestan
D) cueste
A ella le __ mucho levantarse temprano.

A) cuesta
B) cuestan
C) costó
D) hay costado
¿Cuánto __ alquilar un apartamento en el centro?

A) cuesta
B) cuestan
C) cueste
D) ha costado
A vosotros os __ mucho terminar el proyecto a tiempo.

A) cuesta
B) cuestan
C) cuestaís
D) ha costado
Si nosotros __ ese coche, nos quedaríamos sin ahorros.

A) compramos
B) compraríamos
C) comparamos
D) costáramos
Cuando ellos __ esos errores, fue demasiado tarde.

A) cuestan
B) cuestaron
C) costaron
D) cuesta
Yo __ encontrar una solución efectiva.

A) cuesté
B) cuestan
C) cuesto
D) ha costado
¿Tú __ mucho en gasolina cada semana?

A) cueste
B) cuestas
C) cuestas
D) gastas
Ella __ mucho esfuerzo en su trabajo.

A) cuesta
B) cueste
C) cuestas
D) costó
Si yo __ en hacerlo, ¿me ayudarías?

A) cuestara
B) cuestase
C) costase
D) cuestase
Nosotros __ mucho valor en la educación.

A) ponemos
B) cuestamos
C) costamos
D) cuestan

Answers:

C) cuesto
D) gastas
D) cuesta
C) costamos
A) costáis
D) cuestan
B) cuesta
D) ha costado
D) costó
A) cuesta
A) cuesta
A) cuesta
A) cuesta
B) compraríamos
C) costaron
C) cuesto
D) gastas
A) cuesta
A) cuestara
A) ponemos

This definitive guide on how to conjugate costar in Spanish is designed for learners at all levels. Whether you’re a beginner eager to master the basics or an advanced learner polishing your grammar, this article is tailored to cover every angle of costar conjugation. With a meticulous approach, we’ve distilled key insights into the most searched-for aspects of conjugating ‘costar,’ ensuring that no stone is left unturned.

In this comprehensive exploration, we delve into the costar conjugation present, where you’ll discover how to correctly use costar in the present tense, laying the foundation for expressing current actions and states. We then transition into the past with costar preterite and costar conjugation preterite, guiding you through the nuances of recounting completed actions. For those intricate narratives, costar preterite conjugation will sharpen your storytelling, ensuring you convey past events with accuracy.

Venturing into the subjunctive mood, our guide on costar subjunctive illuminates how to express desires, doubts, and hypotheticals with costar, adding depth to your conversations and writings. And for those looking to master every tense, our sections on costar conditional, costar imperative, and costar infinitive usage will refine your command of Spanish, enabling you to navigate future possibilities, give commands, and utilize costar in its most versatile form.

By weaving through these phrases, our article stands as a beacon for learners and educators alike, promising a well-rounded mastery of costar. So, whether you’re drafting an email, engaging in conversation, or penning a narrative, let this guide be your trusted companion in conquering the conjugation of “costar” across all its forms.

Final Words
Understanding how to conjugate costar in Spanish is essential for learners aiming to master the language. This verb, which means “to cost,” plays a significant role in expressing value and making purchases, a common aspect of daily conversation. The ability to accurately conjugate costar across different tenses enables speakers to effectively communicate in various contexts, from discussing prices in a market to talking about the worth of experiences and items in past and future discussions.

Mastering the conjugation of costar enriches one’s ability to navigate financial interactions within Spanish-speaking environments. It equips learners with the necessary tools to ask for prices, understand responses, and even haggle, a cultural practice in many Spanish-speaking countries. This skill is not just about shopping; it’s about immersing oneself in the culture and participating in everyday dialogues that define the rhythms of life in these communities.

In conclusion, the journey to conjugate costar in Spanish enhances ones linguistic competency and cultural fluency. It goes beyond mere vocabulary expansion, fostering a deeper connection with the Spanish language and its speakers. As learners become more adept at using costar in different tenses, they unlock new layers of communication, paving the way for richer, more engaging interactions in Spanish-speaking settings.