encosta

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Galician

Etymology

Back-formation from encostar.

Pronunciation

Noun

encosta m (plural encostas)

  1. slope; hill
    Synonym: costeira

References

  • “encosta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “encosta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈkɔs.tɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈkɔs.tɐ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈkɔʃ.tɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈkɔʃ.tɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈkɔs.ta/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈkɔs.ta/

  • Hyphenation: en‧cos‧ta

Etymology 1

Deverbal from encostar.

Noun

encosta f (plural encostas)

  1. slope, gradient
  2. hill

Etymology 2

Verb

encosta

  1. inflection of encostar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

encosta

  1. only used in se encosta, third-person singular present indicative of encostarse
  2. only used in te ... encosta, syntactic variant of encóstate, second-person singular imperative of encostarse
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