Polyglot Dictionary

dorso

/ˈdoɾsu/

o noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os dorsos

Meaning

  1. back

    • O dorso da mão.

      The back of the hand.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

costas

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 dorso mean?

2 Fill the gap: O ___ da mão.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches dorso?

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