/ˈkaɾo/
Translation
expensive
Word origin
From Latin carus ('dear, costly, beloved'). The same root gives English 'charity' and 'cherish'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- carus
- English cognates
- charity, cherish, caress
Grammar
Examples
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This car is too expensive for me.
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Flats in the centre are very expensive.
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French wine is usually more expensive.
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I don't like that shop, everything is very expensive.
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The mistake ended up costing us dearly.
Used in
Grammar articles
(13)Spanish Adverbs of Place, Time and Degree (aquí, todavía, muy vs mucho)
Spanish Text Cohesion and Style: signposting, avoiding repetition, en resumen
Spanish Comparatives: más que, menos que, tan como and the Four Irregulars
Spanish Correlative Comparison: cuanto más... más, cada vez más, el doble
Spanish Connectors of Addition and Contrast: además, sin embargo, en cambio
Spanish Exclamations: ¡Qué bonito!, ¡Cuánta gente!, ¡Vaya día! (and the accents)
Spanish Intensifiers and Downtoners: muy, -ísimo, super, un poco, más bien
Advanced Spanish Negation: ni, sino vs pero, tampoco, ni siquiera
Spanish Quantifiers: mucho, poco, demasiado, todo, cada (mucha gente vs trabaja mucho)
Spanish Spelling Traps: b vs v, g vs j, silent h (tubo vs tuvo, gente vs jefe)
Spanish Subjunctive in Adverbial Clauses
Spanish Superlatives: El Mejor, El Mas, and the -isimo Ending
Spanish Word Order: SVO, Pro-Drop and the Five Rules That Cover 90% of Sentences
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