cuesta veinte pesos
it costs twenty pesos
In the story
Cuesta veinte pesos.
Lucía
He answered with cuesta — it costs — plus the number and pesos. veinte is twenty. Watch the V: in Latin America, it sounds like a soft B. VEIN-te. Common mistake: adding “es” — don’t say “es veinte pesos.” Use cuesta.
Lucía
Together: cuesta veinte pesos... Slower: cues-ta vein-te pe-sos... Natural: cuesta veinte pesos.
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Level pre-A1 · Lesson 12