acostarnos

to go to bed, to lie down

→ acostar

acostar to go to bed, to lie down + nos first-person plural reflexive or object pronoun

verb · plural Rare #47,413

to go to bed, to lie down The attached nos means “ourselves”; in this common reflexive use, the natural English translation is usually just “to go to bed” or “to lie down.”

SP: Vamos a acostarnos temprano.

EN: We’re going to go to bed early.

Conjugation of acostar

	Singular	Plural
Second	acostarte	—

acostarme acostarse acostaracostarnos

Lo hicimos para acostarnos sin que nos dieran la lata.

We did it so we could go to bed without being bothered.

— Les invasions barbares (2003)

Siempre nos lavamos antes de acostarnos.

We always wash before going to bed.

— Las flores de la guerra (2011)

"Antes de acostarnos".

Before we go to bed.

— Durante la tormenta (2018)

De todo, menos acostarnos juntas.

Anything but sleeping together.

— Todo sobre mi madre (1999)

Ora verás qué padre nos va a caer la leche antes de acostarnos.

Just wait—you’ll see how much we’ll enjoy the milk before we go to bed.

— Los olvidados (1950)