# arrecostar
## Spanish
### Etymology

From standard Spanish recostarse (“to lean upon”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /arekosˈtaɾ/ [a.re.kosˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: a‧rre‧cos‧tar

### Verb

arrecostar (first-person singular present arrecuesto, first-person singular preterite arrecosté, past participle arrecostado)
* (transitive) to support the upper part of the body, especially the head
* (transitive) to rest something at an incline upon something else
* (reflexive) to lie down for a time, at any time of day, generally still dressed
* (reflexive) to support someone, physically or mentally, about something or someone
* (reflexive) to take advantage, abusively, of the work and efforts of another person

#### Conjugation

for most meanings:
| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | arrecostar | arrecostar | arrecostar | arrecostar | arrecostar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | arrecostando | arrecostando | arrecostando | arrecostando | arrecostando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | arrecostado | arrecostado | arrecostada | arrecostada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | arrecostados | arrecostados | arrecostadas | arrecostadas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 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 |
| indicative | present | arrecuesto | arrecuestas$^{tú}$ arrecostás$^{vos}$ | arrecuesta | arrecostamos | arrecostáis | arrecuestan |
| indicative | imperfect | arrecostaba | arrecostabas | arrecostaba | arrecostábamos | arrecostabais | arrecostaban |
| indicative | preterite | arrecosté | arrecostaste | arrecostó | arrecostamos | arrecostasteis | arrecostaron |
| indicative | future | arrecostaré | arrecostarás | arrecostará | arrecostaremos | arrecostaréis | arrecostarán |
| indicative | conditional | arrecostaría | arrecostarías | arrecostaría | arrecostaríamos | arrecostaríais | arrecostarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | arrecueste | arrecuestes$^{tú}$ arrecostés$^{vos2}$ | arrecueste | arrecostemos | arrecostéis | arrecuesten |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | arrecostara | arrecostaras | arrecostara | arrecostáramos | arrecostarais | arrecostaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | arrecostase | arrecostases | arrecostase | arrecostásemos | arrecostaseis | arrecostasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | arrecostare | arrecostares | arrecostare | arrecostáremos | arrecostareis | arrecostaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | arrecuesta$^{tú}$ arrecostá$^{vos}$ | arrecueste | arrecostemos | arrecostad | arrecuesten |
| imperative | negative | | no arrecuestes | no arrecueste | no arrecostemos | no arrecostéis | no arrecuesten |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “arrecostar” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010.