accostare
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Either:
- From Medieval Latin accostāre, from ac- (“towards”) + costa (“side”)[1] or
- From accosto (“near”) + -are.[2]
Cognate with English accoster and Spanish acostar.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
accostàre (first-person singular present accòsto, first-person singular past historic accostài, past participle accostàto, auxiliary avére)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of accostàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Antonyms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ ingombrare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907), “accostare”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati