O almoço não custou muito, porque hoje havia desconto no aplicativo.

Lunch did not cost much, because today there was a discount in the app.

Breakdown of O almoço não custou muito, porque hoje havia desconto no aplicativo.

• não: not
• hoje: today
• porque: because
• muito: much

Questions & Answers about O almoço não custou muito, porque hoje havia desconto no aplicativo.

What does custou mean, and what tense is it?

Custou is the simple past (preterite) form of custar, which means to cost.

In this sentence, o almoço não custou muito means the cost of the lunch is being described as a completed past fact.

A quick breakdown:

• custar = to cost
• custou = it cost

It is 3rd person singular because the subject is o almoço.

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Why does the sentence say não custou muito? What does muito mean here?

Here, muito means much / a lot, not very.

So:

• não custou muito = it didn’t cost much

This is because muito is modifying the verb custou.

Compare:

• custou muito = it cost a lot
• muito caro = very expensive

So muito can mean different things depending on what it is modifying:

• with a verb: much / a lot
• with an adjective or adverb: very

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Why is porque used here?