encosto
التعريفات والمعاني
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
Deverbal from encostar.
==== Pronunciation ====
Rhymes: (Brazil) -ostu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -oʃtu
Hyphenation: en‧cos‧to
==== Noun ====
encosto m (plural encostos)
support, prop
push
(religion, spirituality) a spiritual curse or jinx, or general bad luck
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Pronunciation ====
Hyphenation: en‧cos‧to
==== Verb ====
encosto
first-person singular present indicative of encostar
=== Further reading ===
“encosto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“encosto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Verb ===
encosto
only used in me encosto, first-person singular present indicative of encostarse