# acostar
## Catalan
### Etymology

From a- +‎ costa (“coast”) +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ə.kusˈta]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ə.kosˈta]
* IPA: (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

#### Derived terms

* acostament
* acostar-se

### Further reading

* “acostar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

### Anagrams

* atracos, costara, costarà, tocaràs

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From a- +‎ costa +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.kosˈta(ʁ)/ [a.kosˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.kosˈta(ʁ)/ [a.kosˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /a.kosˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /a.koʃˈta(ʁ)/ [a.koʃˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.kosˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.kuʃˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.kuʃˈtaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.kuʃˈta.ɾi/
* 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

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

### Anagrams

* cotaras, cotarás, tocaras, tocarás

## Spanish
### Etymology

From a- +‎ costa (“coast”) +‎ -ar. Cognate with English accost (“to lie alongside”, obsolete definition).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /akosˈtaɾ/ [a.kosˈt̪aɾ]
* Audio (Venezuela):(file)
* 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
    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 soledadAnd your shadow still lies down in my bed With the darkness between my pillow and my loneliness
* (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

for most meanings:
$^1$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.
for the meaning "arrive at the coast":
$^1$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.

#### Derived terms

* acostarse con
* no te acostarás sin saber una cosa más

### Further reading

* “acostar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10