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    From a- +‎ costa (coast) +‎ -ar. Compare Sicilian accustari.

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

    1. (transitive) to bring closer

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    Portuguese

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      From a- + costa + -ar.

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      • Hyphenation: a‧cos‧tar

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

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

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      Spanish

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

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      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
        Synonym: irse a dormir
        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, “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.

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      for most meanings:

      for the meaning "arrive at the coast":

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