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Spanish
Etymology
From en- + costa (“coast”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /enkosˈtaɾse/
- Rhymes: -aɾse
- Syllabification: en‧cos‧tar‧se
Verb
encostarse (first-person singular present me encosto, first-person singular preterite me encosté, past participle encostado)
- (nautical) to approach the coast
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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