recostar
Spanish, verb/rekosˈtaɾ/
recostar is spelled R-E-C-O-S-T-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish, the 105,087th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Recostar is a Spanish verb meaning “to lay (put in a horizontal position)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does recostar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lay (put in a horizontal position)
- 2
to lie down
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of recostar
- recuesto first-person present singular
- recosté first-person preterite singular
- recostado participle past
- o-ue alternation
- recostando gerund
- recostada feminine participle past
- recostados masculine participle past
- recostadas feminine participle past
- recuestas indicative informal present
- recostás indicative informal present
- recuesta indicative present singular
- recostamos first-person indicative plural
- recostáis indicative plural present
- recuestan indicative plural present
- recostaba first-person imperfect indicative
- recostabas imperfect indicative second-person
- recostábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- recostabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce recostar?
- /rekosˈtaɾ/
- [re.kosˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is recostar in Spanish?
recostar appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).