acostar

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to lay
  2. (transitive) to put to bed
  3. to land, put in, berth
  4. to arrive at the coast
  5. (reflexive) to go to bed, to lie down
  6. (reflexive) to sleep with

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
a‧cos‧tar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/akosˈtaɾ/
Etymology

In summary

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

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