This is the 8079th most frequent Catalan word.
costava
"Costava" means "it cost" or "was costing" in English.
Expressing difficulty or effort involved in understanding something.
Ahir em costava molt entendre el problema.
Yesterday, it was very difficult for me to understand the problem.
Describing habitual difficulty in performing an action in the past.
Quan era jove, sempre em costava despertar-me d'hora.
When I was young, it was always hard for me to wake up early.
Referring to the past price of an item before a change.