Phrase · 🔄 Habits and changes
Me cuesta mucho dejar el celular por la noche.
I find it really hard to put my phone down at night.
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Why every word is where it is
Me1object pronoun(to) me1st sing. · indirect objectcuesta1verbit’s hard (it costs)costar · present · 3rd sing.muchoadverba lotdejar2verbput down, leaveinfinitiveeldeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definitecelularnounphonemasc. · sing.porprepositionatladeterminertheel · fem. · sing. · definitenochenounnightfem. · sing..
- Me → cuesta: me → costar
- cuesta → dejar: costar + infinitive
- la → noche: f. sg.
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1me cuesta + infinitive = I find it hard to; it works like gustar. Verbs like gustar II: doler, parecer, quedar, importar, molestar, faltar →
- 2dejar + object = to put down, leave.
Variations
- Me cuesta mucho levantarme temprano.