Spanish Verb ACOSTAR - to put to bed. Irregular AR family

Spanish Verb ACOSTAR: to put to bed

The Spanish verb acostar means 'to put to bed ' and is an irregular Spanish AR verb.

To remember this, imagine when I put to bed my Ted, I ACCOST A STAR!

Acostar changes the stem in the Present, Present Subjunctive and Imperative tenses.
During December a new irregular -AR verb is featured each day to enable you to consolidate an irregular AR verb family. You will learn other verbs with similar patterns such as tronar, encontrar, recordar, probar, and others.

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Read on, below the ACOSTAR verb table...

to put to bed: acostar
Imagine when I put to bed my Ted,
I ACCOST A STAR!

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE acostar
Simple Tenses acostar
TENSE	yo	tú	él, ella, usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present Presente put to bed	acuesto	acuestas	acuesta	acostamos	acostáis	acuestan
Imperfect Imperfecto put to bed	acostaba	acostabas	acostaba	acostábamos	acostabais	acostaban
Preterit Pretérito put to bed	acosté	acostaste	acostó	acostamos	acostasteis	acostaron
Future Futuro will put to bed	acostaré	acostarás	acostará	acostaremos	acostaréis	acostarán
Conditional Condicional would put to bed	acostaría	acostarías	acostaría	acostaríamos	acostaríais	acostarían
Subjunctive Subjuntivo may put to bed	acueste	acuestes	acueste	acostemos	acostéis	acuesten
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjuntivo may put to bed	acostara	acostaras	acostara	acostáramos	acostarais	acostaran
	acostase	acostases	acostase	acostásemos	acostaseis	acostasen
Imperative Tenses acostar
Imperative Imperativo put to bed!		¡acuesta!	¡acueste!	¡acostemos!	¡acostad!	¡acuesten!
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo don't put to bed!		¡no acuestes!	¡no acueste!	¡no acostemos!	¡no acostéis!	¡no acuesten!
Compound Tenses acostar - Past Participle acostado - put to bed
Present Perfect Perfecto de Indicativo have put to bed	he acostado	has acostado	ha acostado	hemos acostado	habéis acostado	han acostado
Preterit Perfect Pretérito Anterior had put to bed	hube acostado	hubiste acostado	hubo acostado	hubimos acostado	hubisteis acostado	hubieron acostado
Past Perfect Pluscuamperfecto had put to bed	había acostado	habías acostado	había acostado	habíamos acostado	habíais acostado	habían acostado
Present Perfect Subjunctive Presente perfecto have put to bed	haya acostado	hayas acostado	haya acostado	hayamos acostado	hayáis acostado	hayan acostado
Future Perfect Futuro Perfecto will have put to bed	habré acostado	habrás acostado	habrá acostado	habremos acostado	habréis acostado	habrán acostado
Conditional Perfect Condicional Perfecto would have put to bed	habría acostado	habrías acostado	habría acostado	habríamos acostado	habríais acostado	habrían acostado
Pluperfect Pluscuamperfecto may have put to bed	hubiera acostado	hubieras acostado	hubiera acostado	hubiéramos acostado	hubierais acostado	hubieran acostado
Pluperfect Pluscuamperfecto may have put to bed	hubiese acostado	hubieses acostado	hubiese acostado	hubiésemos acostado	hubieseis acostado	hubiesen acostado
Progressive Tenses: Present Participle acostando - putting to bed
Present Progressive Presente Progressivo am putting to bed	estoy acostando	estás acostando	está acostando	estamos acostando	está acostando	están acostando
Preterit Progressive Pretérito was putting to bed	estuve acostando	estuviste acostando	estuvo acostando	estuvimos acostando	estuvisteis acostando	estuvieron acostando
Imperfect Progressive Imperfecto had been putting to bed	estaba acostando	estabas acostando	estaba acostando	estábamos acostando	estabais acostando	estaban acostando
Future Progressive Futuro Perfecto will be putting to bed	estaré acostando	estarás acostando	estará acostando	estaremos acostando	estaréis acostando	estarán acostando
Conditional Progressive Condicional perfecto would've been putting to bed	estaría acostando	estarías acostando	estabría acostando	estaríamos acostando	estaríais acostando	estarían acostando
Subjunctive Progressive Subjuntivo may've been putting to bed	que ~ acostando	que ~ acostando	que ~ acostando	que ~ acostando	que ~ acostando	que ~ acostando

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MORE on the SPANISH VERB acostar

acostar can also mean: to lie down; to moor (boat).
acostarse (vr): to go to bed; to lie down.
acostarse con alguien: to sleep with someone (coll).

estar acostado/a (adj m/f): to be in bed, to be lying down.

Es hora de acostarse: It's time for bed.
Es bueno seguir una rutina para acostar al niño: It's good to follow a routine at bedtime (to put a child to bed).

vos replaces tú - you, informal, singular -
- in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and also in some countries of Central America.
Sometimes it also replaces the formal singular 'Usted'.
In irregular AR verbs, the conjugations remain the same as for tú except for the addition of accents in the following tenses:
Presente: vos acostás
Imperativo: ¡acostá!

HOW TO CONQUER SPANISH VERB CONJUGATION

The Spanish verb for put to bed acostar is an Irregular AR verb.
Learn to conjugate acostar and it will reinforce this irregular pattern.
Do a series of verbs every day for a month and you will have a solid knowledge of the verbs' conjugation patterns. Keep doing them with a new one every day from the Spanish Verbs List.
The same applies to the various patterns. Each month we feature a daily verb from one of the major pattern groups.
Repeating these tables aloud 10 times throughout the day will better embed the patterns into your subconscious, and your long term memory.
Reciting aloud is a great way for you to practice your pronunciation, and helps you to memorize the conjugations.

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