ανάποδα

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Greek

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek ἀνὰ πόδα (anà póda).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈnapoða/
  • Hyphenation: α‧νά‧πο‧δα

Adverb

ανάποδα (anápoda)

  1. (nautical) astern
  2. backwards, the wrong way
    Synonym: από την ανάποδη (apó tin anápodi)
    ολοταχώς ανάποδα!olotachós anápoda!full astern!
    παίρνω ανάποδαpaírno anápodato take something the wrong way
    ξυπνάω ανάποδαxypnáo anápodato get up on the wrong side of bed
    μου έρχονται όλα ανάποδαmou érchontai óla anápodaeverything goes wrong for me
    κάνω κάτι ανάποδαkáno káti anápodato put the cart before the horse, to do something ass-backwards
    Οδηγούσε στον αυτοκινητόδρομο ανάποδα και παραλίγο να σκοτωθεί.
    Odigoúse ston aftokinitódromo anápoda kai paralígo na skototheí.
    He was driving the wrong way down the motorway and nearly got killed.
  3. upside down
    Κρεμάστηκα ανάποδα από το δέντρο.Kremástika anápoda apó to déntro.I hung down upside down from the tree.
  4. (of clothes) inside out
    Είχα περάσει σχεδόν ολόκληρη την ημέρα προτού αντιλήφθηκα ότι φορούσα το πουκάμισο ανάποδα.
    Eícha perásei schedón olókliri tin iméra protoú antilífthika óti foroúsa to poukámiso anápoda.
    I had gone almost the entire day before I realised my shirt was on inside out.

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Adjective

ανάποδα (anápoda)

  1. Nominative, accusative and vocative neuter plural form of ανάποδος (anápodos).