encosto

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Deverbal from encostar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈkos.tu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈkos.tu/

• (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)

1. 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, […]

2. push
3. (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/

• (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

1. first-person singular present indicative of encostar

Spanish

Verb

encosto

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