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# expensive — English to Ukrainian

How English *expensive* is translated into Ukrainian in open, checked parallel texts: 5 translations with example sentences.

What it means: [expensive in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/expensive/).

Sentence pairs counted, by form: expensive (237). By style: everyday 234 · biblical 3.

## дорога

Used about 172 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 171 · biblical ≈ 1). Forms: дорога, дороге, дорогий, дорого, дорогого, дорогу, дорогі.

- It wasn't **expensive**.
  Це не було **дорого**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Dany74PL and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#527961](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/527961) [\#6894479](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6894479))

- merchandise of gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple, silk, scarlet, all **expensive** wood, every vessel of ivory, every vessel made of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble;
  товару: золота, і срібла, і каміння **дорогого**, і перел, і виссону, і багряницї, і шовку, і кармазину, і всякого дерева пахучого, і всякого посуду з кости слонової, і всякого посуду з дерева дорогого, і з мідї, і з желїза, і з мрамора;
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · REV 18:12)

- Why's it so **expensive**?
  Чому вона така **дорога**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by ddnktr and Hvylynka · checked, community translation · [\#10741559](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10741559) [\#11764738](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11764738))

- Why is it so **expensive**?
  Чому вона така **дорога**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by ddnktr and Hvylynka · checked, community translation · [\#10741556](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10741556) [\#11764738](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11764738))

- Why is it so **expensive**?
  Чому воно таке **дороге**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by ddnktr and Hvylynka · checked, community translation · [\#10741556](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10741556) [\#11764739](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11764739))

## дорожчий

Used about 20 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 20). Forms: дорожчий, дорожчі.

- Tickets are more **expensive** this year.
  Квитки **дорожчі** цього року.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#4493848](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4493848) [\#6909263](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6909263))

- Your watch is more **expensive** than mine.
  Ваш годинник **дорожчий** за мій.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by papabear and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#17106](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/17106) [\#5735301](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5735301))

- His clock is more **expensive** than mine.
  Його годинник **дорожчий** за мій.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by iainmb93 and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#2682157](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2682157) [\#5735299](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5735299))

- Nonstop flights are almost always more **expensive**.
  Прямі перельоти майже завжди **дорожчі**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by darinmex and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#638205](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/638205) [\#2669849](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2669849))

## купили

Used about 10 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10). Forms: купив, купили, купити.

- We bought the sofa, even though it was a bit too **expensive**.
  Ми **купили** диван, хоча він коштував трохи задорого.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by ozzie and oromashka · checked, community translation · [\#6135531](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6135531) [\#6135961](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6135961))

- If that guitar weren't so **expensive**, I could buy it.
  Якби ця гітара не була такою дорогою, я міг би її **купити**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#1396355](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1396355) [\#6578037](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6578037))

## найдорожчі

Used about 10 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10).

- Sami bought the most **expensive** perfumes.
  Самі купив **найдорожчі** парфуми.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by OsoHombre and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#7243873](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7243873) [\#7646891](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7646891))

- Those are the most **expensive** shoes I've ever seen.
  Це **найдорожчі** туфлі, які я коли-небудь бачила.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#1327735](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1327735) [\#6292836](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6292836))

## смартфон

Used about 5 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5).

- It's a very **expensive** smartphone.
  Це дуже недешевий **смартфон**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by meerkat and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#2961154](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2961154) [\#8049889](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8049889))

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- The dictionary is useful and, what is more, not **expensive**.
  Цей словник корисний, більше того, він недорогий.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#46942](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/46942) [\#1598455](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1598455))

- This suit seems really **expensive**.
  Цей костюм здається дуже дорогим.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by paper1n0 and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#4728301](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4728301) [\#10282991](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10282991))

- This hat is less **expensive** than that one.
  Цей капелюх дешевший за той.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#57129](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/57129) [\#513587](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/513587))

## Grammar

Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [Ukrainian grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/uk/) · [translating between English and Ukrainian](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-uk/) · [translating from English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-en/) · [translating into Ukrainian](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-uk/).

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