# acotar
## Asturian
### Alternative forms

* acutar
* acoutar (Western Asturias)
* coutar (Western Asturias)
* cotar

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /akoˈtaɾ/ [a.koˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: a‧co‧tar

### Verb

acotar
* to reserve; keep; book (a space, a seat etc.)
* to enclose a portion of land, for hunting or to let the grass grow
* to agree on (a salary)
* (Llanes) to find a nest

#### Derived terms

* acotar con

### References

* Academia de la Llingua Asturiana (2000). Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana (1ª edición). →ISBN. on-line version.
* “acotar” in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana. Xosé Lluis García Arias. →ISBN.

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ə.kuˈta]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ə.koˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [a.koˈtaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Etymology 1

Uncertain.

#### Verb

acotar (first-person singular present acoto, first-person singular preterite acotí, past participle acotat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/
* (transitive, reflexive) to bend down
    Synonym: ajupir
** 1955, Xavier Benguerel, El testament:S'acotà a l'escalfapanxes amb l'intent de cremar la carta, però es repensà.She bent down to the fireplace with the intent of burning the letter but changed her mind.
* (transitive) to cut or prune a tree at the ground level so that it can grow sprouts

##### Derived terms

* acot
* acotament
* cot

### Etymology 2

From a- +‎ cota +‎ -ar.

#### Verb

acotar (first-person singular present acoto, first-person singular preterite acotí, past participle acotat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/
* (transitive, theater) to annotate (a script of a play) with theatrical notes
* (transitive, topography) to annotate (a topographical map) with indications of the height of the land
* (transitive, mathematics) to bound (a set)

##### Derived terms

* acot
* acotació
* acotament
* cot

### Further reading

* “acotar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “acotar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “acotar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “acotar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

### Anagrams

* acorat, actora, atraco, carota, coarta, croata, tocara, tocarà

## Spanish
### Etymology

From a- +‎ coto (“reserve”) +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /akoˈtaɾ/ [a.koˈt̪aɾ]
* Audio (Venezuela):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: a‧co‧tar

### Verb

acotar (first-person singular present acoto, first-person singular preterite acoté, past participle acotado)
* to survey land, enclose
* to prune or lop a tree
* to annotate a page
* to mark contours on a map
* (figurative) to qualify, limit
** 2024 February 19, José Marcos, “Sánchez urge a “consolidar liderazgos” en las comunidades “que incluso trasciendan la marca” del PSOE”, in El País‎:Lo que pasa en Galicia se queda en Galicia. Al menos esa es la pretensión de Ferraz, que acota el cataclismo de las elecciones gallegas a la falta de un proyecto consolidado pese a su respaldo a José Ramón Gómez Besteiro.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (figurative) to check, validate

#### Conjugation

$^1$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

* acotación
* acotado
* acotamiento
* plano acotado

#### Related terms

* cautela
* cauto
* coto
* incautar

### Further reading

* “acotar”, 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

### Anagrams

* atraco, croata