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Galician
Etymology
From Latin inversus.
Adjective
inverso (feminine inversa, masculine plural inversos, feminine plural inversas)
- inverse, opposite, reciprocal
Further reading
Istriot
Preposition
inverso
- towards (to a direction or place)
1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 40:Vuoltite biunduleîna inverso lai,- Turn around towards this place, little blonde,
Italian
Etymology
From Latin inversus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inˈvɛr.so/
- Rhymes: -ɛrso
- Hyphenation: in‧vèr‧so
Adjective
inverso (feminine inversa, masculine plural inversi, feminine plural inverse)
- reverse, inverted, opposite, contrary, inverse, upside down
- Synonyms: invertito, opposto, contrario
Noun
inverso m (plural inversi)
- the opposite, the contrary
- (arithmetic) reciprocal
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Anagrams
Latin
Etymology 1
Participle
inversō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of inversus
Etymology 2
From in- (“against / (intensifier)”) + versō, or alternatively, from invertō (“invert, turn upside down, upset”) + -tō (frequentative suffix).
Verb
inversō (present infinitive inversāre, perfect active inversāvī, supine inversātum); first conjugation
- to invert
Conjugation
Descendants
References
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inversus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
inverso (feminine inversa, masculine plural inversos, feminine plural inversas)
- inverse; opposite
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin inversus, perfect passive perticiple of invertō (“turn upside down”). Doublet of anverso.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /imˈbeɾso/
- Rhymes: -eɾso
- Syllabification: in‧ver‧so
Adjective
inverso (feminine inversa, masculine plural inversos, feminine plural inversas)
- inverted, reverse
- opposite
- Synonym: opuesto
Derived terms
Further reading