acotar

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Asturian

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  • IPA(key): /akoˈtaɾ/,
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Hyphenation: a‧co‧tar

Verb

acotar

  1. to reserve; keep; book (a space, a seat etc.)
  2. to enclose a portion of land, for hunting or to let the grass grow
  3. to agree on (a salary)
  4. (Llanes) to find a nest

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Etymology 1

Uncertain.

Verb

acotar (first-person singular present acoto, first-person singular preterite acotí, past participle acotat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

  1. (transitive, reflexive) to bend down
    Synonym: ajupir
    • 1955, Xavier Benguerel, El testament:
      S'acotà a l'escalfapanxes amb l'intent de cremar la carta, però es repensà.
      She bent down to the fireplace with the intent of burning the letter but changed her mind.
  2. (transitive) to cut or prune a tree at the ground level so that it can grow sprouts
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Etymology 2

From a- +‎ cota +‎ -ar.

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acotar (first-person singular present acoto, first-person singular preterite acotí, past participle acotat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

  1. (transitive, theater) to annotate (a script of a play) with theatrical notes
  2. (transitive, topography) to annotate (a topographical map) with indications of the height of the land
  3. (transitive, mathematics) to bound (a set)
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Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ coto (reserve) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /akoˈtaɾ/
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧co‧tar

Verb

acotar (first-person singular present acoto, first-person singular preterite acoté, past participle acotado)

  1. to survey land, enclose
  2. to prune or lop a tree
  3. to annotate a page
  4. to mark contours on a map
  5. (figurative) to qualify, limit
    • 2024 February 19, José Marcos, “Sánchez urge a “consolidar liderazgos” en las comunidades “que incluso trasciendan la marca” del PSOE”, in El País:
      Lo que pasa en Galicia se queda en Galicia. Al menos esa es la pretensión de Ferraz, que acota el cataclismo de las elecciones gallegas a la falta de un proyecto consolidado pese a su respaldo a José Ramón Gómez Besteiro.
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  6. (figurative) to check, validate

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