acostar
Meanings
Verb
1. to lay (transitive)
2. to put to bed (transitive)
3. to land, put in, berth (nautical)
4. to arrive at the coast
5. to go to bed, to lie down (reflexive)
6. to sleep with (reflexive, with con)
Examples178
Ya es hora de acostar a los niños.
It's time to put the children to bed.
Pablo sospecha que su mujer se acuesta con otro.
Pablo suspects his wife is sleeping with another man.
Se acuesta temprano pero tarda en dormirse.
He goes to bed early but it takes him a long time to get to sleep.
Tengo que acostarme.
I need to hit the sack.
Él se fue a acostar.
He went to bed.
¿Me puedo ir a acostar?
May I go to bed?