expensive

Significado (Inglês)

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.

Sinônimos

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

extensive

extravagant

far

far away

darling

heavy

high-class

consumptive

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɪkˈspɛnsɪv/

Etimologia (Inglês)

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.

Frases

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

A turnê nacional terminou no ano seguinte, pois seus custos de administração se mostraram muito caros.

The lobster was expensive and undercooked .

A lagosta era cara e mal cozida.

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

A fornalha foi feita de aço em vez do cobre mais raro e mais caro.