expensive
gb/ɪkspˈɛnsɪv/ us/ɪkspˈɛnsɪv/
A2
Kiingereza
~ 1700
Maana
maana 0
adjective
A2
property
1
costing a lot of money
Costing a lot of money.
Muundo wa matumizi:
[something] is expensive
Kosa la kawaida:
Learners sometimes confuse 'expensive' with 'valuable'; 'valuable' means worth a lot, but not necessarily costly to buy.
Visawe
costly (Slightly more formal; can also imply figurative cost such as effort or loss.)
|
pricey (Informal; often used in casual conversation.)
Vinyume
cheap (Implies low price, sometimes with the connotation of low quality.)
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inexpensive (Neutral term for low price without implying poor quality.)
Miunganiko ya maneno
expensive car
|expensive restaurant
|expensive clothes
|expensive gift
|expensive habit
Mada
shopping
|economy
|daily life
|daily_life
|finance
|core_vocabulary
Mifano
- This watch is too expensive for me to buy.
- We stayed at an expensive hotel by the beach.
- Organic food can be more expensive than regular food.
- He bought her an expensive piece of jewelry.
- Eating out every night is becoming expensive.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
- The shoes are expensive.
- This phone is very expensive.
- That restaurant is expensive.
- Her dress looks expensive.
Sarufi
Umbo la kamusi
expensive
IPA
GB/ɪkspˈɛnsɪv/
US/ɪkspˈɛnsɪv/
Silabi na mkazo
ex - pens - ive (silabi 3)
Stress on 2nd syllable (pens)
Maumbo ya neno
Adjective
- Base: expensive
Familia ya neno
Core family
expense
noun B1
expensively
adverb
Negative and opposite forms
inexpensive
adjective B1
inexpensively
adverb
Advanced or less common
expenditure
noun B2
expend
verb B2
Semi
at an expensive price
1/ˈæt ən ɪkspˈɛnsɪv pɹˈaɪs/
fixed phrase
paying a lot of money for something
Paying a lot of money to get something.
Mifano
- He got the tickets at an expensive price because he bought them late.
- They managed to buy the house, but at an expensive price.
make [something] expensive
1/mˈeɪk sˈʌmθɪŋ ɪkspˈɛnsɪv/
fixed phrase
cause something's cost to be high
To cause the price of something to be high.
Mifano
- High demand can make housing expensive in big cities.
- Import taxes make these goods expensive.
too expensive for [someone]
1/tˈu ɪkspˈɛnsɪv fɚ sˈʌmwˌʌn/
fixed phrase
cost more than someone can afford
Costing more money than someone can pay or wants to pay.
Mifano
- That car is too expensive for me.
- This holiday is too expensive for most families.