encosto

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ostu

Noun

encosto m (plural encostos)

1. support
   • 1995, José Saramago, Ensaio sobre a cegueira, Caminho:

     […] teriam de proceder como tinha visto na rua, despegar-se um deles da segurança do encosto, […]

     […] they would have to proceed like she had seen in the street, one of them letting go of the certainty of the support, […]

Verb

encosto

1. first-person singular present indicative of encostar

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Spanish

Verb

encosto

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of encostarse.