Breakdown of El coche cuesta más de diez mil euros.
de
of
el coche
the car
diez
ten
el euro
the euro
más
more; else (anything else, nobody else)
mil
one thousand
costar
to cost
Questions & Answers about El coche cuesta más de diez mil euros.
Why does this sentence use más de instead of más que for "more than"?
Why is the verb cuesta spelled with a "ue"?
The infinitive (dictionary form) of the verb is costar (to cost). It is a "stem-changing" verb, meaning the vowel o in the middle changes to ue in the present tense. Since el coche acts as an "it" (third-person singular), we use the form cuesta.
Why is it diez mil and not diez miles?
In Spanish, the word mil (thousand) does not have a plural form when it follows a specific number. Whether you are saying two thousand or ten thousand, it stays exactly the same: mil. You only use the plural miles when talking about an unspecific amount, like miles de euros (thousands of euros).
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