WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| costear⇒ vtr | (pagar los gastos) | finance⇒, fund⇒ vtr |
| | | pay for vi + prep |
| | (informal) | foot the bill for v expr |
| | (informal) | bankroll⇒ vtr |
| | El padrino costeó los gastos de la boda. |
| | The godfather financed (or: funded) all of the wedding expenses. |
| costear vtr | (esquivar una dificultad) | avoid⇒, sidestep⇒, dodge⇒ vtr |
| | Logró costear las dificultades y consiguió su objetivo. |
| | He managed to avoid (or: sidestep) the difficulties and reached his objective. |
| costear vtr | (navegar cerca de la costa) | hug the coastline, hug the coast vtr + n |
| | | follow the coastline, follow the coast vtr + n |
| | En verano costearon la parte mediterránea de la península Ibérica. |
| | In summer, they hugged the Mediterranean coastline (or: coast) of the Iberian peninsula. |
| costear vtr | (pasar por el costado) | skirt⇒, evade⇒, circumvent⇒ vtr |
| | Costearon la piedra que bloqueaba el camino. |
| | They skirted the stone that was blocking the road. |
| costearse⇒ v prnl | (ganar para cubrir gastos) (provide money for) | fund⇒, finance⇒ vtr |
| | (have financial means for) | afford⇒ vtr |
| | | cover⇒ vtr |
| | Se costeaba los estudios con el trabajo del fin de semana. |
| | She funded (or: financed) her studies with the weekend job. |
'costear' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
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