costar

From co- +‎ star.

costar (plural costars)

1. (acting) a person who shares star billing

   The once famous actor objected to his costar having a bigger dressing room.

2. (acting) a person who slightly lacks the status to be considered a star

   Alas, always a costar but never a star.

costar (third-person singular simple present costars, present participle costarring, simple past and past participle costarred)

1. to perform with the billing of a costar.

   People thought his career was over but now he will get to costar on Broadway next month.

   • 2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎:

     Purchasing a snowplow transforms Homer into a new man. Mr. Burns' laziest employee suddenly becomes an ambitious self-starter who buys ad time on local television at 3:17 A.M (prime viewing hours, Homer gingerly volunteers, for everyone from alcoholics to the unemployable to garden-variety angry loners) and makes a homemade commercial costarring his family.

• Castor, Castro, Croats, acrost, actors, castor, scroat, scrota

From Latin constāre, present active infinitive of constō.

costar (first-person singular indicative present costo, past participle costáu)

1. to cost (incur a charge, a price)

From Old Occitan costar, from Latin constāre, present active infinitive of constō. Doublet of constar, a borrowing.

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /kosˈta/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kusˈta/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kosˈtaɾ/
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

costar (first-person singular present costo, past participle costat)

1. to cost (have a given price)
   • 2009, Jean Grave, Les Aventures d'en Nono:

     Digues, mare, quant costarà un llibre de contes[?]

     Tell me, mother, how much does a story book cost?

2. to be very difficult

From Old Occitan costar, from Latin constāre, present active infinitive of constō.

costar

1. to cost

From Old Spanish costar, from Latin constāre, present active infinitive of constō. Doublet of constar, a borrowing.

• IPA^(key): /kosˈtaɾ/, [kosˈt̪aɾ]

costar (first-person singular present cuesto, first-person singular preterite costé, past participle costado)

1. to cost
2. to find (something) very difficult, to have a hard time with something

   Cuando estoy de pie, me cuesta respirar. ― When I'm standing, I find it hard to breathe.

   Le cuesta mucho pronunciar esa palabra. ― He has a really hard time pronouncing that word.

• Rule: o becomes a ue in stressed syllables.

• gostar

From Latin constāre, present active infinitive of constō. Compare Italian costare.

costar

1. (intransitive) to cost

• Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.