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¿Cuánto cuesta ir en taxi?

¿Cuánto cuesta ir en taxi?
How much does it cost to go by taxi?
From Lesson 32:In and by (en)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about ¿Cuánto cuesta ir en taxi?

Why do we use en taxi instead of "por taxi" to mean "by taxi"?
In Spanish, the preposition en is the standard way to talk about your mode of transportation. You use it for almost all vehicles, like en tren (by train) or en autobús (by bus). Notice that you also don't need a word like un (a) or el (the) here—just en taxi.
Why is cuesta spelled with a "ue" when the verb is costar?
Costar (to cost) is a stem-changing verb. This means that when you conjugate it, the vowel in the middle changes. For it (the trip), the -o- changes to -ue-, giving us cuesta.
Why is ir (to go) left in its basic dictionary form?
When you are talking about an action in general—like the act of "going"—you use the infinitive (the basic, unconjugated form). The sentence is literally asking "How much does to go by taxi cost?" Because cuesta is already conjugated, the second verb ir stays in its original form.
Would cuánto change to cuántos if we were taking multiple taxis?
No, it wouldn't. Here, cuánto means "how much" and is asking about the price of the trip. Because it is asking for a general amount (the cost) and not counting the physical taxis, it always stays as cuánto.

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