encosta

Galician

Etymology

Back-formation from encostar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [enˈkostɐ]

Noun

encosta m (plural encostas)

1. slope; hill

   Synonym: costeira

Related terms

• costa
• encostar
• recostar

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “encosta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “encosta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

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Portuguese

Etymology

From encostar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ẽ.ˈkɔʃ.tɐ/
• Hyphenation: en‧cos‧ta

Noun

encosta f (plural encostas)

1. slope, gradient
2. hill

Verb

encosta

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Spanish

Verb

encosta

1. only used in se encosta, third-person singular present indicative of encostarse
2. only used in te ... encosta, syntactic variant of encóstate, second-person singular imperative of encostarse