Galician

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Etymology

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Back-formation from encostar.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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encosta m (plural encostas)

  1. slope; hill
    Synonym: costeira
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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • (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/

  • Hyphenation: en‧cos‧ta

Etymology 1

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Deverbal from encostar.

Noun

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encosta f (plural encostas)

  1. slope, gradient
  2. hill

Etymology 2

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Verb

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encosta

  1. inflection of encostar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

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Verb

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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
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