encosta
Galician
Etymology
Back-formation from encostar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [enˈkostɐ]
Noun
encosta m (plural encostas)
- slope; hill
- Synonym: costeira
Related terms
- costa
- encostar
- recostar
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/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽˈkɔʃ.tɐ/
- Hyphenation: en‧cos‧ta
Etymology 1
Deverbal from encostar.
Noun
encosta f (plural encostas)
- slope, gradient
- hill
Verb
encosta
- inflection of encostar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Spanish
Verb
encosta
- only used in se encosta, third-person singular present indicative of encostarse
- only used in te ... encosta, syntactic variant of encóstate, second-person singular imperative of encostarse