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)

1. (transitive) to lean something back

   Synonym: deitar

2. (pronominal) to lean back

   Synonym: deitar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of recostar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	recostar
Personal	recostar	recostares	recostar	recostarmos	recostardes	recostaren
Gerund
	recostando
Past participle
Masculine	recostado			recostados
Feminine	recostada			recostadas
Indicative
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
Present	recoste	recostes	recoste	recostemos	recostedes	recosten
Imperfect	recostase	recostases	recostase	recostásemos	recostásedes	recostasen
Future	recostar	recostares	recostar	recostarmos	recostardes	recostaren
Imperative
Affirmative		recosta	recoste	recostemos	recostade	recosten
Negative (non)		non recostes	non recoste	non recostemos	non recostedes	non recosten

    Reintegrated conjugation of recostar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / 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	recostades, recostais	recostam
Imperfect	recostava	recostavas	recostava	recostávamos	recostávades, recostáveis, recostávais1	recostavam
Preterite	recostei	recostaste, recostache1	recostou	recostamos	recostastes	recostárom, recostaram
Pluperfect	recostara	recostaras	recostara	recostáramos	recostárades, recostáreis, recostárais1	recostaram
Future	recostarei	recostarás	recostará	recostaremos	recostaredes, recostareis	recostarám, recostarão
Conditional	recostaria	recostarias	recostaria	recostaríamos	recostaríades, recostaríeis, recostaríais1	recostariam
Subjunctive
Present	recoste	recostes	recoste	recostemos	recostedes, recosteis	recostem
Imperfect	recostasse	recostasses	recostasse	recostássemos	recostássedes, recostásseis	recostassem
Future	recostar	recostares	recostar	recostarmos	recostardes	recostarem
Imperative
Affirmative		recosta	recoste	recostemos	recostade, recostai	recostem
Negative (nom)		nom recostes	nom recoste	nom recostemos	nom recostedes, nom recosteis	nom recostem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• recosto

Related terms

• costa

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “recostar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “recostar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “recostar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “recostar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “recostar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From re- (“back”) +‎ costa +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kosˈta(ʁ)/ [he.kosˈta(h)]

• (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/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.kuʃˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.kuʃˈta.ɾi/

Verb

recostar (first-person singular present recosto, first-person singular preterite recostei, past participle recostado)

1. (transitive) to lean something back
2. (pronominal) 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

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

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)

1. to lay (put in a horizontal position)
2. (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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28