accostare

Meaning

  1. to approach
  2. to match

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
ac‧co‧stà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ak.kosˈta.re/
Etymology

Either: * From Medieval Latin accostāre, from ac- (“towards”) + costa (“side”) or * From accosto (“near”) + -are. Cognate with English accoster and Spanish acostar.

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