Polyglot Dictionary

revés

/reˈβes/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
reveses

Meaning

  1. reverse, setback

    • Sufrió un revés.

      He suffered a setback.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

reverso

reverso and revés are close synonyms for "reverse"; revés also separately means "setback."

Similar in other languages

English

setback

setback is the English word for the same thing — both mean "reverse."

Practice

1 What does revés mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sufrió un ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches revés?

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