acostar

From a- +‎ costa (“coast”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.kusˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.kosˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.kosˈtaɾ]
• Homophone: acostà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

acostar (first-person singular present acosto, first-person singular preterite acostí, past participle acostat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. (transitive) to bring closer

• acostament
• acostar-se

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

• atracos, costara, costarà, tocaràs

From a- +‎ costa +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: a‧cos‧tar

acostar (first-person singular present acosto, first-person singular preterite acostei, past participle acostado)

1. (intransitive, nautical) to dock; to board

• cotaras, cotarás, tocaras, tocarás

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

• IPA^(key): /akosˈtaɾ/ [a.kosˈt̪aɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧cos‧tar

acostar (first-person singular present acuesto or acosto, first-person singular preterite acosté, past participle acostado)

1. (transitive) to lay
2. (transitive) to put to bed

   Ya es hora de acostar a los niños.

   It's time to put the children to bed.

3. (nautical) to land, put in, berth
4. to arrive at the coast
5. (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 soledad

     And your shadow still lies down in my bed
     With the darkness between my pillow and my loneliness

6. (reflexive, with con) to sleep with

   Pablo sospecha que su mujer se acuesta con otro.

   Pablo suspects his wife is sleeping with another man.

for most meanings:

for the meaning "arrive at the coast":

• “acostar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28