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Portuguese
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kosˈta(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kosˈta(ʁ)/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kosˈta(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kosˈta(ʁ)/
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kosˈta(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kosˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.koʃˈta(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.koʃˈta(ʁ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kosˈta(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kosˈta(ɻ)/
Verb
encostar (first-person singular present encosto, first-person singular preterite encostei, past participle encostado)
- to support (physically)
- to touch
- (transitive) to close (a door) without locking it
Conjugation
Spanish
Verb
encostar
- only used in se ... encostar, syntactic variant of encostarse