acostar
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Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a- + costa (“coast”) + -ar.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ə.kosˈta/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ə.kusˈta/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /a.kosˈtaɾ/
- Homophone: acostà
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb[edit]
acostar (first-person singular present acosto, past participle acostat)
- (transitive) to bring closer
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of acostar (first conjugation)
infinitive | acostar | ||||||
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present participle | acostant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | acostat | acostada | |||||
plural | acostats | acostades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | acosto | acostes | acosta | acostem | acosteu | acosten | |
imperfect | acostava | acostaves | acostava | acostàvem | acostàveu | acostaven | |
future | acostaré | acostaràs | acostarà | acostarem | acostareu | acostaran | |
preterite | acostí | acostares | acostà | acostàrem | acostàreu | acostaren | |
conditional | acostaria | acostaries | acostaria | acostaríem | acostaríeu | acostarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | acosti | acostis | acosti | acostem | acosteu | acostin | |
imperfect | acostés | acostessis | acostés | acostéssim | acostéssiu | acostessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
— | acosta | acosti | acostem | acosteu | acostin |
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “acostar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Anagrams[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: a‧cos‧tar
Verb[edit]
acostar (first-person singular present acosto, first-person singular preterite acostei, past participle acostado)
- (intransitive, nautical) to dock; to board
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of acostar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Anagrams[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a- + costa (“coast”) + -ar. Cognate with English accost (“to lie alongside”, obsolete definition).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
acostar (first-person singular present acuesto, first-person singular preterite acosté, past participle acostado)
- (transitive) to lay
- (transitive) to put to bed
- Ya es hora de acostar a los niños.
- It's time to put the children to bed.
- (nautical) to land, put in, berth
- to arrive at the coast
- (reflexive) to go to bed, to lie down
- Se acuesta temprano pero tarda en dormirse.
- He goes to bed early but it takes him a long time to get to sleep.
- 1971, Joan Manuel Serrat (lyrics and music), “Lucía”:
- Y tu sombra aún se acuesta en mi cama
Con la oscuridad entre mi almohada y mi soledad- And your shadow still lies down in my bed
With the darkness between my pillow and my loneliness
- And your shadow still lies down in my bed
- (reflexive) to sleep with
- Pablo sospecha que su mujer se acuesta con otro.
- Pablo suspects his wife is sleeping with another man.
Conjugation[edit]
for most meanings:
Conjugation of acostar (o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of acostar (o-ue alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
for the meaning "arrive at the coast":
Conjugation of acostar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of acostar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “acostar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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