Costar conditional conjugation
Costar in the conditional: costaría, costarías, costaría, costaríamos, costaríais, costarían.
- to cost; to be hard (for someone)
- stem-changing (o→ue)
- Participle: costado
- Gerund: costando
Conditional condicional
| yo | costaría |
|---|---|
| tú | costarías |
| él/ella/usted | costaría |
| nosotros | costaríamos |
| vosotros | costaríais |
| ellos/ellas/ustedes | costarían |
How to use costar in the conditional
The conditional is regular: costaría, costarían. ¿Cuánto costaría...? is the polite way to ask for a quote or estimate. It is also used to talk about how hard something would be: Me costaría mucho mudarme. In negotiations, it softens price talk compared with the present. Remember the stem keeps its o here, because the stress falls on the ending.
Examples
¿Cuánto costaría añadir una habitación más?
How much would it cost to add one more room?
Me costaría mucho dejar este trabajo.
It would be really hard for me to leave this job.
Hacerlo en dos semanas costaría el doble.
Doing it in two weeks would cost twice as much.
Quick check: costar in the conditional
More costar tenses
- All costar tenses
- Costar present
- Costar preterite
- Costar imperfect
- Costar future
- Costar present subjunctive
- Costar affirmative commands
Other verbs in the conditional
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