accost

Significado (Inglés)

Verb

1. (transitive) To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To join side to side; to border.
3. (broadly, obsolete, transitive) To sail along the coast or side of.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To approach; to come up to.
5. (transitive) To speak to first; to address; to greet.
6. (intransitive, obsolete) To adjoin; to lie alongside.
7. (transitive) To assault.
8. (transitive) To solicit sexually.

Noun

1. (rare) Address; greeting.
2. An attack.

Conceptos

abordar

dirigirse a

dirigir la palabra a

saludo

👋

interpelar

❓

enganchar

🪝

llamar

salir al paso

ofrecerse

salutación

👋

ofrecer sexo

acercarse a

atracar

chocar kun

comenzar

Sinónimos

address

approach

solicit

greet

call

attack

👊

come up to

hook

🪝

question

❓

waylay

berth

besiege

bring up

appeal to

charge

collide with

salutatory address

commence

crash into

deal with

dock

appeal

greeting

👋

hail

harass

harry

hassle

hitch on

hold conversation with

hook on

land

molest

hold intercourse with

receive

rob

salutation

salute

ambush

speak

🗣️

speak to

start

tackle

talk

🗣️

turn to

alongside come

welcome

call out to

converse with

say hello

say hi

Traducciones

ansprechen

accoster

aanklampen

abordar

aanspreken

toespreken

interpeller

accostare

appellare

rivolgere la parola

aborder

abbordare

anreden

affor

avvicinare

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ə.ˈkɔst/

Etimología (Inglés)

Cognado con español: acostar

In summary

From Middle French accoster, acoster, from Old French acoster (“to stand beside”) (whence Medieval Latin accostare), from Old French a- + coste (“side, flank”).