Cuesta

Today's WOTD is: "cuesta" = slope

In Spanish, “cuesta” is a feminine noun of Latin origin, the main meaning of which is slope, as in:

• El edificio se encuentra en una cuesta (the building is on a slope);

The action word/ verb “costar” is a related word which means to cost, as in:

• Una cerveza cuesta dos euros (a beer costs two Euros);

Some Spanish expressions with the word “cuesta” are:

• A cuestas (on one's shoulders -without help/ support);
  • Tuve que subir a mi habitación con la maleta a cuestas (I had to go up to my room carrying my suitcase)
• Cuesta abajo (downhill);
• Cuesta arriba (uphill);
• Cuesta de enero (financial hardship period -after the Christmas celebrations spending);
• Cuesta mucho (it is expensive/ it is hard);
• Cuesta poco (it is cheap/ it is easy);
• Cuesta trabajo (it is hard);
• Cuesta una barbaridad (it costs a fortune);
• Cuesta una pasta (it costs a fortune);
• Cuesta un huevo (it costs an arm and a leg);
• Cuesta un ojo de la cara (it costs an arm and a leg);
• Cuesta un potosí (it costs a fortune);
• Hacérsele a alguien cuesta arriba algo (to find something a struggle);
  • Se me hace cuesta arriba estudiar por la noche (I find it a struggle to study at night);
• ¿Cuánto cuesta... ? (how much is...?);
  • ¿Cuánto cuesta la entrada? (how much is the admission?);

Love-Spanish.com loves the word "cuesta" in the YouTube clip: PLACIDODOMINGO -- Cuesta Abajo --

For more on the word "cuesta", visit: Wordreference.com/es/en/ Cuesta

*NB 'Click' on the speaker icon next to the word “cuesta” in the link to hear the word pronounced.

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