trás

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Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese trás.

Adverb

trás

  1. behind

References

  • Quint, Nicolas (2003) Parlons capverdien : langue et culture, →ISBN, page 273

Macanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Portuguese trás.

Adverb

trás

  1. behind
    mám pa trás ― idle-handed; lazy person (literally, “hand at the behind”)
    seguí trás ― to go behind; to accompany
  2. after
    corê trás ― to follow (literally, “to run after”)
  3. back-, rear
    porta-trás ― back door
    risca di trás ― back row
    vánda di trás ― rear part

Derived terms

  • trás di ôtro (“one after the other”, literally “after of other”)
  • trás di porta (“very near; behind closed doors, illegitimate (w.r.t. children)”, literally “behind of door”)

References

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese , from Latin trāns (“across, beyond”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- (“through, throughout, over”). Doublet of trans-.

Preposition

trás

  1. (dated, also Mozambique) behind
    Synonym: atrás
    Antonym: na frente
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

trás

  1. Misspelling of traz.
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