expensive

Senso (Inglese)

1. Having a high price or cost.
2. Taking a lot of system time or resources.
3. (obsolete) Given to expending a lot of money; profligate, lavish.
4. Having a high economy rate.

Concetti

caro

costoso

dispendioso

salato

importante

lontano

distante

valoroso

esorbitante

spendereccio

a caro prezzo

con valore

molto appartato

Opposto di

cheap, inexpensive, low-priced, economical

sinonimi

costly

dear

valuable

precious

pricey

high-priced

difficult

hard

exorbitant

beloved

high

sumptuous

cherished

high price

luxurious

firm

lavish

pricy

honorable

over-priced

lovely

expensiveness

honourable

important

long

noble

overpriced

priceless

chargeable

respected

rich

🤑

scarce

steep

stiff

sweet

tall

upmarket

upscale

big-ticket

wealth

worth

worthy

money-eating

be costly

fear

😨

high-ticket

dry

distant

excessive

dignified

Traduzioni

cher

teuer

💰

caro

duur

💰

coûteux

💰

caro

car

💰

ακριβός

costoso

pahalı

💰

carus

kostbaar

kostspielig

prijzig

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ɪkˈspɛnsɪv/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Affine inglese: expend

In summary

From Latin *expēnsīvus, from expendō (“to weigh out (money), to pay out”) (whence English expend). By surface analysis, expense + -ive. In the sense of "high-priced" has largely displaced dear.

Frasi

The national tour ended the following year as his management costs proved too expensive .

Il tour nazionale si è concluso l'anno successivo poiché i suoi costi di gestione si sono rivelati troppo costosi.

The lobster was expensive and undercooked .

L'aragosta era costosa e poco cotta.

The firebox was made of steel rather than the rarer and more expensive copper .

Il Firebox era realizzato in acciaio piuttosto che in rame più raro e più costoso.