Cuesta

n. ridge with a steep slope on one side and a gradual slope on the other side

Cuesta was originaly a Spanish word, now used as a geological term, used to describe the ridges formed by gently tilted hard rock layers. Every cuesta has a steep slope, where the rock layers are exposed on their edges, called an escarpment or, if more severe, a cliff. Usually an erosion-resistant rock layer also has a more gentle slope on the other side of the ridge called a 'dip slope'. The term derives from the Spanish word for 'slope'.
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n. slope, incline; rise, ascent; upgrade, acclivity; hill

v. cost; charge; knock back

= slope, ascent.
Ex: The heading PITCH (Slope) illustrates how to qualify a word by another in parenthesis to clarify the meaning = El encabezamiento PENDIENTE (inclinación) ilustra cómo modificar una palabra con otra entre paréntesis para aclarar el significado.
Ex: Highways with repeating hairpin turns allow easier, safer ascents and descents of mountainous terrain than a direct, steep climb and descent.
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* cuesta abajo = downhill, down the hill.
* cuesta arriba = uphill.
* cuesta para tirarse con trineos = sled hill.
* ir a cuestas de = piggyback [piggy-back].
* ir cuesta abajo = go + downhill.

= cost.
Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado y participio cost.
Ex: The Mansell pre-1956 imprint catalog, in 604 volumes, is being edited at the rate of 20,000 entries a week, and is costing $1 million per year to edit.
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* costar + Cantidad = run into + Cantidad.
* costar dinero = cost + money, take + money.
* costar el oro y el moro = cost + the earth, cost + an arm and a leg, cost + a pretty penny.
* costar la vida = cost + life.
* costar mucho trabajo = have + a tough time, have + a hard time.
* costar poquísimo = pay + peanuts.
* costar un montón = cost + a bundle.
* costar un ojo de la cara = cost + the earth, cost + an arm and a leg, cost + a pretty penny.
* costar un riñón = cost + an arm and a leg, cost + the earth.
* todo cuesta algo = nothing comes without a cost.

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