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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

custar

to cost

  • #109 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: custando
  • Past participle: custado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. eu I cost
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you cost
  3. nós we cost
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all cost

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

  1. eu I cost
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you cost
  3. nós we cost
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all cost

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

  1. eu I am going to cost
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you are going to cost
  3. nós we are going to cost
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all are going to cost

Imperfect

Pretérito Imperfeito · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. eu I used to cost
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you used to cost
  3. nós we used to cost
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all used to cost

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

  1. eu I would cost
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you would cost
  3. nós we would cost
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all would cost

Present subjunctive

Presente do Subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. eu (that) I cost
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (that) you cost
  3. nós (that) we cost
  4. vocês, eles, elas (that) you all cost

Past subjunctive

Imperfeito do Subjuntivo · “if I were”, “se …”

  1. eu (if) I cost
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (if) you cost
  3. nós (if) we cost
  4. vocês, eles, elas (if) you all cost

Future subjunctive

Futuro do Subjuntivo · “when” and “if” about the future

  1. eu (when) I cost
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (when) you cost
  3. nós (when) we cost
  4. vocês, eles, elas (when) you all cost

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você cost!
  2. vocês cost! (all of you)

How to use custar

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Quanto custa essa camisa azul?

    How much does this blue shirt cost?

  2. Past

    O jantar custou mais do que a gente esperava.

    Dinner cost more than we expected.

  3. Future

    A reforma da cozinha vai custar uma fortuna.

    The kitchen renovation is going to cost a fortune.

  4. Imperfect

    Antigamente o pão custava um real aqui.

    Bread used to cost one real here.

  5. Conditional

    Quanto custaria um táxi até o centro?

    How much would a taxi to downtown cost?

  6. Present subjunctive

    Vou comprar, por mais que custe caro.

    I'm going to buy it, however expensive it is.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se custasse menos, eu levaria dois.

    If it cost less, I would take two.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se custar mais de cem reais, eu não quero.

    If it costs more than a hundred reais, I don't want it.

  9. Imperative

    Custe o que custar, a gente vai viajar.

    Whatever it costs, we're going to travel.

Good to know

  • "Quanto custa?" is how much is it. "Custar caro" is to be expensive.
  • "Custar a" plus a verb is to take a long time: "Custei a entender."

Where you hear custar

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Brazilian Portuguese · Beginner Level 3

  • Quanto custa este queijo? How much does this cheese cost?
  • O carro custou caro. The car cost a lot.
  • Quanto vai custar? How much is it going to cost?

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

  • Quanto custa o bolo? How much does the cake cost?
  • A máquina de café custou cinco mil reais. The coffee machine cost five thousand reals.
  • A festa vai custar sessenta mil reais. The party is going to cost sixty thousand reals.
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A Car for a Week

Beginner Level 3 · custa

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However Much I Like Her

Intermediate Level 2 · custe

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Nowhere Near as Good as Copacabana

Intermediate Level 3 · custou

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In Case There Are Any Questions

Intermediate Level 3 · custar

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Unless You Pay in Cash

Intermediate Level 3 · custava

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.