revés

See also: reves, rêves, rêvés, and revês

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈvɛs/
(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈvɛʃ/
Hyphenation: re‧vés

Noun

revés m (plural reveses)

backside (side opposite to the front)
setback (an event that delays progress)

Synonyms

(backside): reverso, traseira, lado/parte de trás
(setback): infortúnio

Derived terms

ao revés
de revés

Further reading

revés in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin reversus

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /reˈbes/, [reˈβes]
Hyphenation: re‧vés

Noun

revés m (plural reveses)

Derived terms

Further reading

“revés” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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