Spanish Verb RECOSTAR - to lean. Irregular AR family

Spanish Verb RECOSTAR: to lean

The Spanish verb recostar means 'to lean ' and is an irregular Spanish AR verb.

To remember this, imagine the ship WRECK COSTA Concordia leans against the rocks!

Recostar 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 volar, encontrar, recostar, probar, and others.

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Read on, below the RECOSTAR verb table...

to lean: recostar
Imagine the ship WRECK COSTA Concordia leans against the rocks!

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE recostar
Simple Tenses recostar
TENSE	yo	tú	él, ella, usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present Presente lean	recuesto	recuestas	recuesta	recostamos	recostáis	recuestan
Imperfect Imperfecto leaned	recostaba	recostabas	recostaba	recostábamos	recostabais	recostaban
Preterit Pretérito leaned	recosté	recostaste	recostó	recostamos	recostasteis	recostaron
Future Futuro will lean	recostaré	recostarás	recostará	recostaremos	recostaréis	recostarán
Conditional Condicional would lean	recostaría	recostarías	recostaría	recostaríamos	recostaríais	recostarían
Subjunctive Subjuntivo may lean	recueste	recuestes	recueste	recostemos	recostéis	recuesten
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjuntivo may lean	recostara	recostaras	recostara	recostáramos	recostarais	recostaran
	recostase	recostases	recostase	recostásemos	recostaseis	recostasen
Imperative Tenses recostar
Imperative Imperativo lean!		¡recuesta!	¡recueste!	¡recostemos!	¡recostad!	¡recuesten!
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo don't lean!		¡no recuestes!	¡no recueste!	¡no recostemos!	¡no recostéis!	¡no recuesten!
Compound Tenses recostar - Past Participle recostado - leant
Present Perfect Perfecto de Indicativo have leant	he recostado	has recostado	ha recostado	hemos recostado	habéis recostado	han recostado
Preterit Perfect Pretérito Anterior had leant	hube recostado	hubiste recostado	hubo recostado	hubimos recostado	hubisteis recostado	hubieron recostado
Past Perfect Pluscuamperfecto had leant	había recostado	habías recostado	había recostado	habíamos recostado	habíais recostado	habían recostado
Present Perfect Subjunctive Presente perfecto have leant	haya recostado	hayas recostado	haya recostado	hayamos recostado	hayáis recostado	hayan recostado
Future Perfect Futuro Perfecto will have leant	habré recostado	habrás recostado	habrá recostado	habremos recostado	habréis recostado	habrán recostado
Conditional Perfect Condicional Perfecto would have leant	habría recostado	habrías recostado	habría recostado	habríamos recostado	habríais recostado	habrían recostado
Pluperfect Pluscuamperfecto may have leant	hubiera recostado	hubieras recostado	hubiera recostado	hubiéramos recostado	hubierais recostado	hubieran recostado
Pluperfect Pluscuamperfecto may have leant	hubiese recostado	hubieses recostado	hubiese recostado	hubiésemos recostado	hubieseis recostado	hubiesen recostado
Progressive Tenses: Present Participle recostando - leaning
Present Progressive Presente Progressivo am leaning	estoy recostando	estás recostando	está recostando	estamos recostando	está recostando	están recostando
Preterit Progressive Pretérito was leaning	estuve recostando	estuviste recostando	estuvo recostando	estuvimos recostando	estuvisteis recostando	estuvieron recostando
Imperfect Progressive Imperfecto had been leaning	estaba recostando	estabas recostando	estaba recostando	estábamos recostando	estabais recostando	estaban recostando
Future Progressive Futuro Perfecto will be leaning	estaré recostando	estarás recostando	estará recostando	estaremos recostando	estaréis recostando	estarán recostando
Conditional Progressive Condicional perfecto would've been leaning	estaría recostando	estarías recostando	estabría recostando	estaríamos recostando	estaríais recostando	estarían recostando
Subjunctive Progressive Subjuntivo may've been leaning	que ~ recostando	que ~ recostando	que ~ recostando	que ~ recostando	que ~ recostando	que ~ recostando

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MORE on the SPANISH VERB recostar

recostar can also mean: to rest, to lay down, to lay back.
recostarse (vr): to lie down.

recostar en la mesa: to lean on the table.
recostarse en la alfombra: to lie down on the carpet/rug.
recostarse en la arena: to lie down in/on the sand.

Tiene la cabeza recostada en mi hombro: She is leaning her head against my shoulder.

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 recostás
Imperativo: ¡recostá!

HOW TO CONQUER SPANISH VERB CONJUGATION

The Spanish verb for lean recostar is an Irregular AR verb.
Learn to conjugate recostar 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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