Costar affirmative commands conjugation
Costar in the affirmative commands: cuesta, cueste, costemos, costad, cuesten.
- to cost; to be hard (for someone)
- stem-changing (o→ue)
- Participle: costado
- Gerund: costando
Affirmative commands imperativo afirmativo
| tú | cuesta |
|---|---|
| usted | cueste |
| nosotros | costemos |
| vosotros | costad |
| ustedes | cuesten |
Negative commands imperativo negativo
| tú | no cuestes |
|---|---|
| usted | no cueste |
| nosotros | no costemos |
| vosotros | no costéis |
| ustedes | no cuesten |
How to use costar in the affirmative commands
Costar has no practical commands, since you cannot order something to cost a certain amount. The forms (cuesta, cueste, costemos, cuesten) exist mainly as subjunctive in fixed expressions, above all cueste lo que cueste. You may also meet que no te cueste, which wishes that something be easy for someone. Treat this page as reference and focus on the third person forms in other tenses.
Examples
Cueste lo que cueste, terminamos hoy.
Whatever it takes, we're finishing today.
Que no te cueste pedir ayuda.
Don't find it hard to ask for help.
Cuesten lo que cuesten, necesitamos las piezas mañana.
Whatever they cost, we need the parts tomorrow.
Quick check: costar in the affirmative commands
More costar tenses
- All costar tenses
- Costar present
- Costar preterite
- Costar imperfect
- Costar future
- Costar conditional
- Costar present subjunctive
Other verbs in the affirmative commands
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