"costa" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkosta/, [ˈkos.t̪a] Forms: costas [plural]
Rhymes: -osta Etymology: Borrowed from Galician costa or Catalan costa, from Latin costa. Compare also the inherited Spanish doublet cuesta. Etymology templates: {{bor+|es|gl|costa}} Borrowed from Galician costa, {{bor|es|ca|costa}} Catalan costa, {{der|es|la|costa}} Latin costa, {{doublet|es|cuesta|notext=1}} cuesta Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} costa f (plural costas)
  1. coast, coastline Tags: feminine Synonyms: costera
    Sense id: en-costa-es-noun-qC9mpXuv Categories (other): Spanish deverbals, Spanish entries referencing missing etymons, Spanish entries with etymology texts, Spanish entries with etymon, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Landforms Disambiguation of Spanish deverbals: 45 14 41 Disambiguation of Spanish entries referencing missing etymons: 45 13 42 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymology texts: 45 11 43 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymon: 46 11 43 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 46 11 43 Disambiguation of Landforms: 56 22 22
  2. shore, shoreline Tags: feminine Synonyms: orilla del mar
    Sense id: en-costa-es-noun-C6c9mGdb Categories (other): Spanish deverbals, Spanish entries referencing missing etymons, Spanish entries with etymology texts, Spanish entries with etymon, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish deverbals: 45 14 41 Disambiguation of Spanish entries referencing missing etymons: 45 13 42 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymology texts: 45 11 43 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymon: 46 11 43 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 46 11 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Costa de Marfil, Costa del Oro, Costa Rica, guardacostas, mate de costa, no hay moros en la costa Related terms: acostar, costado [masculine], costal [masculine], costanero, costero, litoral [masculine], orilla [feminine]
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈkosta/, [ˈkos.t̪a] Forms: costas [plural]
Rhymes: -osta Etymology: Deverbal from costar (“to cost”). Etymology templates: {{ety|es|:deverbal|costar<t:to cost>|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#deverbal|Deverbal]] from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "to cost", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "costar", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "es" } ], "keyword" : "deverbal" } ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "costa", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "es" }" data-lang="es" data-title="costa"> Deverbal from costar (“to cost”). Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} costa f (plural costas)
  1. (in certain expressions) expense, costs Tags: feminine Derived forms: a costa de, a toda costa Related terms: coste [masculine], costo [masculine]
    Sense id: en-costa-es-noun-W31b862q Categories (other): Spanish terms with collocations, Spanish deverbals, Spanish entries referencing missing etymons, Spanish entries with etymology texts, Spanish entries with etymon, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish deverbals: 45 14 41 Disambiguation of Spanish entries referencing missing etymons: 45 13 42 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymology texts: 45 11 43 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymon: 46 11 43 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 46 11 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "litoral"
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          "word": "orilla del mar"
        }
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      "ipa": "/ˈkosta/"
    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈkos.t̪a]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-osta"
    }
  ],
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}

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          "english": "to live on the expense of",
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      "ipa": "/ˈkosta/"
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      "ipa": "[ˈkos.t̪a]"
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      "ipa": "/ˈkosta/"
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      "ipa": "[ˈkos.t̪a]"
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          "english": "to live on the expense of",
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      "ipa": "/ˈkosta/"
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      "ipa": "[ˈkos.t̪a]"
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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Spanish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-10-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (1a05e46 and e3d6d4e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.