Polyglot Dictionary

revés

/xeˈvɛs/

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
reveses

Meaning

  1. setback

    • Sofreu um revés.

      He suffered a setback.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Rückschlag

Rückschlag is the German word for the same thing — both mean "setback."

Spanish

contratiempo

contratiempo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "setback."

Spanish

descalabro

descalabro is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "setback."

Spanish

retroceso

retroceso is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "setback."

Practice

1 What does revés mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sofreu um ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches revés?

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