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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈkɔs.tɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈkɔs.tɐ/

• (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)

1. slope, gradient
2. hill

Etymology 2

Verb

encosta

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

Further reading

• “encosta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “encosta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

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