The Portuguese word for back is
costas
Gender
The gender of costas is feminine (plural). E.g. as costas.Portuguese Definition
| back | |
| 1. Adjetivo. perto do fim | |
| 2. Adjetivo. não atual | |
| 3. Advérbio. perto do fim | |
| 4. Advérbio. não atual | |
| 5. Substantivo. costas | |
| 6. Verbo. apoiar |
Translations for back and their definitions
| apoiar | |
| 1. v. to second (to agree as a second person) | |
| 2. v. to support | |
| 3. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to lean on (to rest or rely upon for support) |
| costas | |
| 1. n. back (the rear of body) | |
| 2. n. (swimming) backstroke | |
| 3. n. plural of costa |
| fundo | |
| 1. adj. deep (having its bottom far down) | |
| 2. n-m. bottom | |
| 3. n-m. background (a part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject) | |
| 4. n-m. fund | |
| 5. n-m. (finance, insurance) capital (money and wealth) | |
| 6. n-m. (sports) long-distance | |
| 7. v. verb form of fundar | |
| fundo uma instituição - I am founding an institution | |
| 8. v. verb form of fundir | |
| fundo ouro - I am smelting gold |
| dorso | |
| 1. n-m. back (the reverse side) | |
| 2. n-m. spine (bound edge of a book) |
| de volta | |
| 1. adv. back (to or in a previous condition or place) | |
| 2. adv. again |
| reverso | |
| 1. adj. reversed; turned around | |
| 2. adj. opposite; contrary | |
| 3. n-m. back (the reverse side) | |
| 4. n-m. opposite (the contrary of something) |
| lombo | |
| 1. n-m. back (the rear of body) | |
| 2. n-m. loin (meat) | |
| (coi, lombo de porco, porc loin) | |
| (coi, lombo de vaca, beef loin) |
| traseira | |
| 1. n-f. back, rear | |
| 2. n-f. rump | |
| 3. n-f. (in the plural) back door | |
| 4. adj. feminine singular of traseiro |
| encosto | |
| 1. n-m. support, prop | |
| 2. n-m. push | |
| 3. v. verb form of encostar |
| para trás | |
| 1. adv. backwards (towards the back) |
| zagueiro | |
| 1. n-m. (Brazil, football) back (player in a position behind most players on the team) |
| antigo | |
| 1. adj. (relational) ancient (related to ancient times) | |
| Grécia Antiga - Ancient Greece | |
| 2. adj. old (less often of people) | |
| um filme antigo - an old movie |
| afastado | |
| 1. adj. far, especially after being moved away | |
| As caixas estão afastadas umas das outras. - The boxes are far from each other. | |
| 2. adj. far from downtown or from urban areas | |
| Moramos num lugar afastado. - We live in a remote place. | |
| Você está afastado enquanto investigamos as alegações de corrupção. - You are suspended while we investigate the corruption allegations. | |
| 3. Participle. past participle of afastar |
| lombada | |
| 1. n-f. a long bump | |
| 2. n-f. the back of a book or of cattle | |
| 3. n-f. (Brazil) speed bump |
| beque | |
| 1. n-m. (Brazil, soccer) back (a position behind most players on the team) | |
| 2. n-m. (Brazil, informal) joint (marijuana cigarette) |
| traseiro | |
| 1. adj. rear | |
| 2. adj. hind | |
| 3. n-m. backside, behind, bum |
| posterior | |
| 1. adj. posterior (following in order or in time) | |
| 2. adj. posterior (located in the rear) | |
| 3. adj. (phonetics) back (produced in the back of the mouth) |
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