costà

See also: costa, Costa, cósta, costá, costâ, and cô ta

Catalan

Verb

costà

  1. third-person singular preterite indicative of costar

Italian

Etymology

From Latin eccum istāc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈsta/*
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: co‧stà

Adverb

costà

  1. (Tuscany) there
    • mid 1300smid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VIII”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 40–42; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      Allor distese al legno ambo le mani;
      per che ’l maestro accorto lo sospinse,
      dicendo: « Via costà con li altri cani! ».
      Then stretched he both his hands on the boat; at which my wary Master thrust him back, saying, "Away there with the other dogs!"

Further reading

  • costà in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian costare, from Latin constare.

Verb

costà

  1. to cost
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