acostar

From a- +‎ costa (“coast”) +‎ -ar.

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

acostar (first-person singular present acosto, past participle acostat)

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
2. inflection of acostar:
   1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive
   2. first/third-person singular personal infinitive

• cotaras, cotarás, tocaras, tocarás

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

• IPA^(key): /akosˈtaɾ/ [a.kosˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧cos‧tar

acostar (first-person singular present acuesto, 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

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

6. (reflexive) 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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014