revés

See also: reves, rêves, rêvés, and revês

Galician

Verb

revés

1. second-person singular present indicative of rever

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin reversus. Doublet of reverso, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈvɛ(j)s/ [heˈvɛ(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈvɛ(j)s/ [heˈvɛ(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈvɛ(j)ʃ/ [χeˈvɛ(ɪ̯)ʃ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈvɛʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈvɛʃ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈbɛʃ/ [ʁɨˈβɛʃ]

• Rhymes: -ɛs
• Hyphenation: re‧vés

Noun

revés m (plural reveses)

1. backside (side opposite to the front)

   Synonyms: reverso, traseira, lado/parte de trás

2. setback (an event that delays progress)

   Synonym: infortúnio

Derived terms

• ao revés
• de revés

Further reading

• “revés”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “revés” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “revés”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

Proto-Indo-European *wert-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *-etor

Proto-Indo-European *wértetor

Proto-Italic *wertō

Latin vertō

Latin revertor

Latin reversus

Spanish revés

Inherited from Latin reversus. Doublet of reverso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈbes/ [reˈβ̞es]
• Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification: re‧vés

Noun

revés m (plural reveses)

1. back, reverse side
2. setback

   Synonym: retroceso

3. wrong side
4. (knitting) a purl stitch
5. (tennis) backhand

Derived terms

• al revés
• vesre

Etymology 2

Verb

revés

1. inflection of rever:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular voseo present indicative

Further reading

• “revés”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025