recostar
Galician
Etymology
From re- (“back”) + costa + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rekosˈtaɾ/
Verb
recostar (first-person singular present recosto, first-person singular preterite recostei, past participle recostado)
- (transitive) to lean something back
- Synonym: deitar
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to lean back
- Synonym: deitar
Conjugation
Conjugation of recostar
| singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| Infinitive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| impersonal | recostar | |||||
| personal | recostar | recostares | recostar | recostarmos | recostardes | recostaren |
| Gerund | ||||||
| recostando | ||||||
| Past participle | singular | plural | ||||
| masculine | recostado | recostados | ||||
| feminine | recostada | recostadas | ||||
| Indicative | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | recosto | recostas | recosta | recostamos | recostades | recostan |
| imperfect | recostaba | recostabas | recostaba | recostabamos | recostabades | recostaban |
| preterite | recostei | recostaches | recostou | recostamos | recostastes | recostaron |
| pluperfect | recostara | recostaras | recostara | recostaramos | recostarades | recostaran |
| future | recostarei | recostarás | recostará | recostaremos | recostaredes | recostarán |
| conditional | recostaría | recostarías | recostaría | recostariamos | recostariades | recostarían |
| Subjunctive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | recoste | recostes | recoste | recostemos | recostedes | recosten |
| preterite | recostase | recostases | recostase | recostásemos | recostásedes | recostasen |
| future | recostar | recostares | recostar | recostarmos | recostardes | recostaren |
| Imperative | – | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| affirmative | – | recosta | recoste | recostemos | recostade | recosten |
| negative | – | recostes | recoste | recostemos | recostedes | recosten |
Derived terms
- recosto
Related terms
- costa
References
- “recostar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “recostar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “recostar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
Etymology
From re- (“back”) + costa + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.kosˈta(ʁ)/ [he.kosˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʁe.kosˈta(ɾ)/ [he.kosˈta(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁe.koʃˈta(ʁ)/ [χe.koʃˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.kosˈta(ɻ)/ [he.kosˈta(ɻ)]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.kuʃˈtaɾ/
Verb
recostar (first-person singular present recosto, first-person singular preterite recostei, past participle recostado)
- (transitive) to lean something back
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to lean back
Conjugation
Conjugation of recostar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | recostar | |||||
| Personal | recostar | recostares | recostar | recostarmos | recostardes | recostarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| recostando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | recostado | recostados | ||||
| Feminine | recostada | recostadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | recosto | recostas | recosta | recostamos | recostais | recostam |
| Imperfect | recostava | recostavas | recostava | recostávamos | recostáveis | recostavam |
| Preterite | recostei | recostaste | recostou | recostamos1, recostámos2 | recostastes | recostaram |
| Pluperfect | recostara | recostaras | recostara | recostáramos | recostáreis | recostaram |
| Future | recostarei | recostarás | recostará | recostaremos | recostareis | recostarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| recostaria | recostarias | recostaria | recostaríamos | recostaríeis | recostariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | recoste | recostes | recoste | recostemos | recosteis | recostem |
| Imperfect | recostasse | recostasses | recostasse | recostássemos | recostásseis | recostassem |
| Future | recostar | recostares | recostar | recostarmos | recostardes | recostarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | recosta | recoste | recostemos | recostai | recostem | |
| Negative (não) | não recostes | não recoste | não recostemos | não recosteis | não recostem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Related terms
- recosta
- recostado
- recosto
Spanish
Etymology
From re- + costa (“side”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rekosˈtaɾ/ [re.kosˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: re‧cos‧tar
Verb
recostar (first-person singular present recuesto, first-person singular preterite recosté, past participle recostado)
- to lay (put in a horizontal position)
- (reflexive) to lie down
- Synonym: acostar
Conjugation
Conjugation of recostar (o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | recostar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | recostando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | recostado | recostada | |||||
| plural | recostados | recostadas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | recuesto | recuestastú recostásvos | recuesta | recostamos | recostáis | recuestan | |
| imperfect | recostaba | recostabas | recostaba | recostábamos | recostabais | recostaban | |
| preterite | recosté | recostaste | recostó | recostamos | recostasteis | recostaron | |
| future | recostaré | recostarás | recostará | recostaremos | recostaréis | recostarán | |
| conditional | recostaría | recostarías | recostaría | recostaríamos | recostaríais | recostarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | recueste | recuestestú recostésvos2 | recueste | recostemos | recostéis | recuesten | |
| imperfect (ra) | recostara | recostaras | recostara | recostáramos | recostarais | recostaran | |
| imperfect (se) | recostase | recostases | recostase | recostásemos | recostaseis | recostasen | |
| future1 | recostare | recostares | recostare | recostáremos | recostareis | recostaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | recuestatú recostávos | recueste | recostemos | recostad | recuesten | ||
| negative | no recuestes | no recueste | no recostemos | no recostéis | no recuesten | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of recostar (o-ue alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive recostar | |||||||
| dative | recostarme | recostarte | recostarle, recostarse | recostarnos | recostaros | recostarles, recostarse | |
| accusative | recostarme | recostarte | recostarlo, recostarla, recostarse | recostarnos | recostaros | recostarlos, recostarlas, recostarse | |
| with gerund recostando | |||||||
| dative | recostándome | recostándote | recostándole, recostándose | recostándonos | recostándoos | recostándoles, recostándose | |
| accusative | recostándome | recostándote | recostándolo, recostándola, recostándose | recostándonos | recostándoos | recostándolos, recostándolas, recostándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative recuesta | |||||||
| dative | recuéstame | recuéstate | recuéstale | recuéstanos | not used | recuéstales | |
| accusative | recuéstame | recuéstate | recuéstalo, recuéstala | recuéstanos | not used | recuéstalos, recuéstalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative recostá | |||||||
| dative | recostame | recostate | recostale | recostanos | not used | recostales | |
| accusative | recostame | recostate | recostalo, recostala | recostanos | not used | recostalos, recostalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative recueste | |||||||
| dative | recuésteme | not used | recuéstele, recuéstese | recuéstenos | not used | recuésteles | |
| accusative | recuésteme | not used | recuéstelo, recuéstela, recuéstese | recuéstenos | not used | recuéstelos, recuéstelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative recostemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | recostémoste | recostémosle | recostémonos | recostémoos | recostémosles | |
| accusative | not used | recostémoste | recostémoslo, recostémosla | recostémonos | recostémoos | recostémoslos, recostémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative recostad | |||||||
| dative | recostadme | not used | recostadle | recostadnos | recostaos | recostadles | |
| accusative | recostadme | not used | recostadlo, recostadla | recostadnos | recostaos | recostadlos, recostadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative recuesten | |||||||
| dative | recuéstenme | not used | recuéstenle | recuéstennos | not used | recuéstenles, recuéstense | |
| accusative | recuéstenme | not used | recuéstenlo, recuéstenla | recuéstennos | not used | recuéstenlos, recuéstenlas, recuéstense | |
Further reading
- “recostar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014