Word
El mantenimiento cuesta mucho.
Meaning
The maintenance costs a lot.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about El mantenimiento cuesta mucho.
Why is it el mantenimiento and not la mantenimiento?
Because mantenimiento is a masculine noun in Spanish, so it takes el.
A useful clue is the ending: many nouns ending in -miento are masculine, for example:
- el movimiento
- el nacimiento
- el conocimiento
So el mantenimiento is the normal form.
What form is cuesta?
Cuesta is the third person singular of the verb costar in the present tense.
Here is the relevant part of the conjugation:
Since el mantenimiento is singular, the verb is singular too:
- El mantenimiento cuesta mucho.
If the subject were plural, you would use cuestan:
- Los mantenimientos cuestan mucho.
- Las reparaciones cuestan mucho.
Why is it cuesta mucho and not es mucho or está mucho?