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lui costava

cost, was costing

→ costare
cost cost + ava 3rd-person singular imperfect
verb · 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #34,538
cost, was costing
IT: Quanto costava questo libro?
EN: How much did this book cost?
Conjugation of costare
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Third costava —

Ha comprato un piano digitale perché quello acustico costava troppo per il suo budget.

He bought a digital piano because the acoustic one was too expensive for his budget.

Il volo costava poco, adesso.

The flight was cheap now.

— Vi presento Toni Erdmann (2016)

Perché prima non hai chiesto quanto costava?

Why didn't you ask how much it cost beforehand?

— Mangiare bere uomo donna (1994)

Tempo fa le cose erano diverse e la vita costava meno.

Once upon a time, things were different and life was cheaper.

Costava una sciocchezza.

It cost a pittance.

— Lussuria - Seduzione e tradimento (2007)

Quanto costava quella sedia?

How much did that chair cost?

Ho comprato questa casa cinque anni fa quando costava poco.

I bought this house five years ago when it was cheap.