acostar
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
From a- + costa (“coast”) + -ar.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [ə.kusˈta]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ə.kosˈta]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [a.kosˈtaɾ]
- Homophone: acostà
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb edit
acostar (first-person singular present acosto, first-person singular preterite acostí, past participle acostat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /ɔ/
- (transitive) to bring closer
Conjugation edit
infinitive | acostar | ||||||
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gerund | 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 | |
affirmative | — | acosta | acosti | acostem | acosteu | acostin | |
negative (no) | — | no acostis | no acosti | no acostem | no acosteu | no 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
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
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, with con) 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:
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
for the meaning "arrive at the coast":
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