Polyglot Dictionary

costas

/ˈkɔstas/

a noun A2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. back

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

dorso

dorso is more formal or anatomical, or used for non-human backs, like a book's spine or "dorso da mão," the back of the hand; costas is the everyday word for a person's back.

Similar in other languages

French

dos

dos is the French word for the same thing — both mean "back."

Practice

1 What does costas mean?

2 Fill the gap: Me dói as ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches costas?

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