encosto

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Deverbal from encostar.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈkos.tu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈkos.tu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈkoʃ.tu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈkoʃ.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈkos.to/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈkos.to/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˈkoʃ.tu/

Rhymes: (Brazil) -ostu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -oʃtu
Hyphenation: en‧cos‧to

Noun

encosto m (plural encostos)

support, prop
- 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, […]
push
(religion, spirituality) a spiritual curse or jinx, or general bad luck

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈkɔs.tu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈkɔs.tu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈkɔʃ.tu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈkɔʃ.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈkɔs.to/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈkɔs.to/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˈkɔʃ.tu/

Hyphenation: en‧cos‧to

Verb

encosto

first-person singular present indicative of encostar

Spanish

Verb

encosto

only used in me encosto, first-person singular present indicative of encostarse

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