acostar

== Catalan == === Etymology === From a- +‎ costa (“coast”) +‎ -ar. Compare Sicilian accustari. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [ə.kusˈta] IPA(key): (Balearic) [ə.kosˈta] IPA(key): (Valencia) [a.kosˈtaɾ] Homophone: acostà Rhymes: -a(ɾ) === Verb === acostar (first-person singular present acosto, first-person singular preterite acostí, past participle acostat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/ (transitive) to bring closer ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== acostament acostar-se === Further reading === “acostar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 === Anagrams === atracos, costara, costarà, tocaràs == Portuguese == === Etymology === From a- +‎ costa +‎ -ar. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: a‧cos‧tar === Verb === acostar (first-person singular present acosto, first-person singular preterite acostei, past participle acostado) (intransitive, nautical) to dock; to board ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “acostar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “acostar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 === Anagrams === cotaras, cotarás, tocaras, tocarás == Spanish == === Etymology === From a- +‎ costa (“coast”) +‎ -ar. Cognate with English accost (“to lie alongside”, obsolete definition). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /akosˈtaɾ/ [a.kosˈt̪aɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: a‧cos‧tar === Verb === acostar (first-person singular present acuesto or acosto, first-person singular preterite acosté, past participle acostado) (transitive) to lay (transitive) to put to bed (nautical) to land, put in, berth to arrive at the coast (reflexive) to go to bed, to lie down (reflexive, with con) to sleep with ==== Conjugation ==== for most meanings: for the meaning "arrive at the coast": ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “acostar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025