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English
Noun
reverso (plural reversos)
- (printing) Any of the left-hand pages of a book.
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Esperanto
Etymology
From English reversi.
Pronunciation
Noun
reverso (uncountable, accusative reverson)
- reversi, Othello
- Synonym: otelo
Latin
Etymology
Found in Late Latin. From re- + versō.
Pronunciation
Verb
reversō (present infinitive reversāre, perfect active reversāvī, supine reversātum); first conjugation
- to turn back, turn around
- to turn round, invert
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References
- “reverso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- reverso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin reversus (“returned”), active participle of revertor (“to turn back; to return”), from re- + vertō (“to turn”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
reverso (feminine reversa, masculine plural reversos, feminine plural reversas, not comparable)
- reversed; turned around
- Synonyms: revirado, virado
- opposite; contrary
- Synonyms: contrário, oposto
Noun
reverso m (plural reversos)
- back (the reverse side)
- Synonyms: revés, traseiro
- Antonym: frente
- opposite (the contrary of something)
- Synonyms: contrário, oposto
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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reˈbeɾso/
- Rhymes: -eɾso
- Syllabification: re‧ver‧so
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin reversus.
Noun
reverso m (plural reversos)
- back, back side, reverse
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Etymology 2
Verb
reverso
- first-person singular present indicative of reversar
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