costera

See also: Costera and costerà

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [kusˈte̞.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kosˈte.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [kusˈte.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [kosˈte.ɾa]

Etymology 1

From costa +‎ -era.

Noun

costera f (plural costeres)

1. coast

   Synonyms: costa, coster, litoral

2. slope

   Synonyms: costa, rost

Derived terms

• Costera

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

costera

1. feminine singular of coster

Further reading

• “costera”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin costa

Old Galician-Portuguese costa

Galician costabor.

Latin costa

Catalan costabor.

Spanish costa

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -a

Latin -āria

Spanish -era

Spanish costera

From costa + -era.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kosˈteɾa/ [kosˈt̪e.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: cos‧te‧ra

Noun

costera f (plural costeras)

1. coast

   Synonym: costa

2. slope

   Synonym: cuesta

Adjective

costera

1. feminine singular of costero

Further reading

• “costero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026