accostare
Italian
Etymology
Either:
- From Medieval Latin accostāre, from ac- (“towards”) + costa (“side”)[1] or
- From accosto (“near”) + -are.[2]
Cognate with English accoster and Spanish acostar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ak.kosˈta.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: ac‧co‧stà‧re
Verb
accostàre (first-person singular present accòsto, first-person singular past historic accostài, past participle accostàto, auxiliary avére)
Conjugation
Conjugation of accostàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Antonyms
Related terms
References
- ^ ingombrare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “accostare”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati