recosté

Recostó is the third-person singular preterite indicative form of the Spanish verb recostar, meaning he/she/usted leaned back, rested against something, or reclined. The action is typically transitive, taking a direct object that is something the person leans or rests against, as in “recostó la cabeza en la almohada” or “recostó el brazo sobre la mesa.” The verb can also be used reflexively as “se recostó” to indicate that the subject reclined themselves.

In addition to its basic sense of reclining, recostar conveys the idea of placing weight or support against a surface, or propping up a limb. It appears in narrative and descriptive writing to describe posture, settings, or movements that occurred in the past. The preterite forms for recostar follow standard -ar verb conjugation, with accents on the final syllable in the first person singular (“recosté”) and in the third-person singular (“recostó”).

Examples: “El hombre recostó la cabeza en la almohada.” (The man rested his head on the pillow.) “Recostó el brazo sobre la mesa.” (He rested his arm on the table.) “Se recostó en el sillón y cerró los ojos.” (He leaned back in the chair and closed his eyes.)

See also: Recostar, Recostarse, Preterite tense in Spanish.