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Etymology

From a- +‎ costa (“coast”) +‎ -arCategory:Catalan terms prefixed with a-#COSTA Category:Catalan terms suffixed with -ar#ACOSTAR. Compare Sicilian accustari.

Pronunciation

Verb

acostar (first-person singular present acosto, first-person singular preterite acostí, past participle acostat)Category:Catalan lemmas#ACOSTAR Category:Catalan verbs#ACOSTAR Category:Catalan first conjugation verbs#ACOSTAR Category:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#ACOSTAR Category:Pages with entries#ACOSTAR Category:Pages with 3 entries#ACOSTAR; root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

(transitive Category:Catalan transitive verbs#ACOSTAR) to bring closer

Conjugation

Conjugation of acostar (first conjugation)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			acostar
gerund			acostant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		acostat		acostada
		plural		acostats		acostades
person		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

Category:Catalan first conjugation verbs#ACOSTAR

Derived terms

Anagrams

atracos, costara, costarà, tocaràs

Portuguese

Etymology

From a- +‎ costa +‎ -arCategory:Portuguese terms prefixed with a-#COSTA Category:Portuguese terms suffixed with -ar#ACOSTAR.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.kosˈta(ʁ)/ [a.kosˈta(h)]Category:Portuguese 3-syllable words#ACOSTARCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#ACOSTAR
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.kosˈta(ɾ)/Category:Portuguese 3-syllable words#ACOSTAR Category:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#ACOSTAR
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.koʃˈta(ʁ)/ [a.koʃˈta(χ)]Category:Portuguese 3-syllable words#ACOSTAR Category:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#ACOSTAR
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /a.kosˈta(ɻ)/Category:Portuguese 3-syllable words#ACOSTAR Category:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#ACOSTAR

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.kuʃˈtaɾ/Category:Portuguese 3-syllable words#ACOSTARCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#ACOSTAR
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.kuʃˈta.ɾi/Category:Portuguese 4-syllable words#ACOSTAR Category:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#ACOSTAR

Hyphenation: a‧cos‧tar

Verb

acostar (first-person singular present acosto, first-person singular preterite acostei, past participle acostado)Category:Portuguese lemmas#ACOSTAR Category:Portuguese verbs#ACOSTAR Category:Portuguese verbs ending in -ar#ACOSTAR Category:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#ACOSTAR Category:Pages with entries#ACOSTAR Category:Pages with 3 entries#ACOSTAR

(intransitive Category:Portuguese intransitive verbs#ACOSTAR, nautical Category:pt:Nautical#ACOSTAR) to dock; to board

Conjugation

Conjugation of acostar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	acostar
Personal	acostar	acostares	acostar	acostarmos	acostardes	acostarem
Gerund
	acostando
Past participle
Masculine	acostado			acostados
Feminine	acostada			acostadas
Indicative
Present	acosto	acostas	acosta	acostamos	acostais	acostam
Imperfect	acostava	acostavas	acostava	acostávamos	acostáveis	acostavam
Preterite	acostei	acostaste	acostou	acostamos¹, acostámos²	acostastes	acostaram
Pluperfect	acostara	acostaras	acostara	acostáramos	acostáreis	acostaram
Future	acostarei	acostarás	acostará	acostaremos	acostareis	acostarão
Conditional	acostaria	acostarias	acostaria	acostaríamos	acostaríeis	acostariam
Subjunctive
Present	acoste	acostes	acoste	acostemos	acosteis	acostem
Imperfect	acostasse	acostasses	acostasse	acostássemos	acostásseis	acostassem
Future	acostar	acostares	acostar	acostarmos	acostardes	acostarem
Imperative
Affirmative		acosta	acoste	acostemos	acostai	acostem
Negative (não)		não acostes	não acoste	não acostemos	não acosteis	não acostem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Category:Portuguese verbs ending in -ar#ACOSTAR

Anagrams

cotaras, cotarás, tocaras, tocarás

Spanish

(transitive Category:Spanish transitive verbs#ACOSTAR) to lay
(transitive Category:Spanish transitive verbs#ACOSTAR) to put to bed
Ya es hora de acostar a los niños.
It's time to put the children to bed.
Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#ACOSTAR
(nautical Category:es:Nautical#ACOSTAR) to land, put in, berth
to arrive at the coast
(reflexive Category:Spanish reflexive verbs#ACOSTAR) 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.
Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#ACOSTAR
- 1971, Joan Manuel Serrat, “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
  Category:Spanish terms with quotations#ACOSTAR
(reflexive Category:Spanish reflexive verbs#ACOSTAR, with con) to sleep with
Pablo sospecha que su mujer se acuesta con otro.
Pablo suspects his wife is sleeping with another man.
Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#ACOSTAR

Conjugation

for most meanings:

Conjugation of acostar (o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			acostar
gerund			acostando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		acostado		acostada
		plural		acostados		acostadas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	acuesto	acuestas^{^tú} acostás^{^vos}	acuesta	acostamos	acostáis	acuestan
	imperfect	acostaba	acostabas	acostaba	acostábamos	acostabais	acostaban
	preterite	acosté	acostaste	acostó	acostamos	acostasteis	acostaron
	future	acostaré	acostarás	acostará	acostaremos	acostaréis	acostarán
	conditional	acostaría	acostarías	acostaría	acostaríamos	acostaríais	acostarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	acueste	acuestes^{^tú} acostés^{^vos²}	acueste	acostemos	acostéis	acuesten
	imperfect (ra)	acostara	acostaras	acostara	acostáramos	acostarais	acostaran
	imperfect (se)	acostase	acostases	acostase	acostásemos	acostaseis	acostasen
	future¹	acostare	acostares	acostare	acostáremos	acostareis	acostaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		acuesta^{^tú} acostá^{^vos}	acueste	acostemos	acostad	acuesten
	negative		no acuestes	no acueste	no acostemos	no acostéis	no acuesten

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms of acostar (o-ue alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive acostar	dative	acostarme	acostarte	acostarle, acostarse	acostarnos	acostaros	acostarles, acostarse
with infinitive acostar	accusative	acostarme	acostarte	acostarlo, acostarla, acostarse	acostarnos	acostaros	acostarlos, acostarlas, acostarse

with gerund acostando	dative	acostándome	acostándote	acostándole, acostándose	acostándonos	acostándoos	acostándoles, acostándose
with gerund acostando	accusative	acostándome	acostándote	acostándolo, acostándola, acostándose	acostándonos	acostándoos	acostándolos, acostándolas, acostándose

with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative acuesta	dative	acuéstame	acuéstate	acuéstale	acuéstanos	not used	acuéstales
	accusative	acuéstame	acuéstate	acuéstalo, acuéstala	acuéstanos	not used	acuéstalos, acuéstalas

with informal second-person singular voseo imperative acostá	dative	acostame	acostate	acostale	acostanos	not used	acostales
	accusative	acostame	acostate	acostalo, acostala	acostanos	not used	acostalos, acostalas

with formal second-person singular imperative acueste	dative	acuésteme	not used	acuéstele, acuéstese	acuéstenos	not used	acuésteles
with formal second-person singular imperative acueste	accusative	acuésteme	not used	acuéstelo, acuéstela, acuéstese	acuéstenos	not used	acuéstelos, acuéstelas

with first-person plural imperative acostemos	dative	not used	acostémoste	acostémosle	acostémonos	acostémoos	acostémosles
with first-person plural imperative acostemos	accusative	not used	acostémoste	acostémoslo, acostémosla	acostémonos	acostémoos	acostémoslos, acostémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative acostad	dative	acostadme	not used	acostadle	acostadnos	acostaos	acostadles
with informal second-person plural imperative acostad	accusative	acostadme	not used	acostadlo, acostadla	acostadnos	acostaos	acostadlos, acostadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative acuesten	dative	acuéstenme	not used	acuéstenle	acuéstennos	not used	acuéstenles, acuéstense
with formal second-person plural imperative acuesten	accusative	acuéstenme	not used	acuéstenlo, acuéstenla	acuéstennos	not used	acuéstenlos, acuéstenlas, acuéstense

Category:Spanish verbs ending in -ar#ACOSTAR Category:Spanish verbs with o-ue alternation#ACOSTAR

for the meaning "arrive at the coast":

Conjugation of acostar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			acostar
gerund			acostando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		acostado		acostada
		plural		acostados		acostadas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	acosto	acostas^{^tú} acostás^{^vos}	acosta	acostamos	acostáis	acostan
	imperfect	acostaba	acostabas	acostaba	acostábamos	acostabais	acostaban
	preterite	acosté	acostaste	acostó	acostamos	acostasteis	acostaron
	future	acostaré	acostarás	acostará	acostaremos	acostaréis	acostarán
	conditional	acostaría	acostarías	acostaría	acostaríamos	acostaríais	acostarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	acoste	acostes^{^tú} acostés^{^vos²}	acoste	acostemos	acostéis	acosten
	imperfect (ra)	acostara	acostaras	acostara	acostáramos	acostarais	acostaran
	imperfect (se)	acostase	acostases	acostase	acostásemos	acostaseis	acostasen
	future¹	acostare	acostares	acostare	acostáremos	acostareis	acostaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		acosta^{^tú} acostá^{^vos}	acoste	acostemos	acostad	acosten
	negative		no acostes	no acoste	no acostemos	no acostéis	no acosten

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms of acostar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive acostar	dative	acostarme	acostarte	acostarle, acostarse	acostarnos	acostaros	acostarles, acostarse
with infinitive acostar	accusative	acostarme	acostarte	acostarlo, acostarla, acostarse	acostarnos	acostaros	acostarlos, acostarlas, acostarse

with gerund acostando	dative	acostándome	acostándote	acostándole, acostándose	acostándonos	acostándoos	acostándoles, acostándose
with gerund acostando	accusative	acostándome	acostándote	acostándolo, acostándola, acostándose	acostándonos	acostándoos	acostándolos, acostándolas, acostándose

with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative acosta	dative	acóstame	acóstate	acóstale	acóstanos	not used	acóstales
	accusative	acóstame	acóstate	acóstalo, acóstala	acóstanos	not used	acóstalos, acóstalas

with informal second-person singular voseo imperative acostá	dative	acostame	acostate	acostale	acostanos	not used	acostales
	accusative	acostame	acostate	acostalo, acostala	acostanos	not used	acostalos, acostalas

with formal second-person singular imperative acoste	dative	acósteme	not used	acóstele, acóstese	acóstenos	not used	acósteles
with formal second-person singular imperative acoste	accusative	acósteme	not used	acóstelo, acóstela, acóstese	acóstenos	not used	acóstelos, acóstelas

with first-person plural imperative acostemos	dative	not used	acostémoste	acostémosle	acostémonos	acostémoos	acostémosles
with first-person plural imperative acostemos	accusative	not used	acostémoste	acostémoslo, acostémosla	acostémonos	acostémoos	acostémoslos, acostémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative acostad	dative	acostadme	not used	acostadle	acostadnos	acostaos	acostadles
with informal second-person plural imperative acostad	accusative	acostadme	not used	acostadlo, acostadla	acostadnos	acostaos	acostadlos, acostadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative acosten	dative	acóstenme	not used	acóstenle	acóstennos	not used	acóstenles, acóstense
with formal second-person plural imperative acosten	accusative	acóstenme	not used	acóstenlo, acóstenla	acóstennos	not used	acóstenlos, acóstenlas, acóstense

Category:Spanish verbs ending in -ar#ACOSTAR

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