What does encosta in Portuguese mean?

What is the meaning of the word encosta in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use encosta in Portuguese.

The word encosta in Portuguese means hill, vertente, encosta, encosta, vertente, encosta, vertente, encosta, encosta lateral, na encosta, encosta de cascalhos. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word encosta

hill

substantivo feminino (declive)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

vertente, encosta

noun (side of a hill) (lado da montanha)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)
The farmer plowed the hillside to prepare for planting his crops.

encosta, vertente

noun (side of a mountain) (lado da montanha)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)
The mountainside is steep and covered in rocks.

encosta

noun (geology: long ridge with steep sides)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)

vertente, encosta

adjective (situated on a hillside) (situado em)

(adjetivo: Modifica o sustantivo. Pode ser possessivo, numeral, demonstrativo ("casa grande", "mulher alta").)
The hikers took refuge in a hillside shelter.

encosta lateral

noun (part of dam) (estrutura de uma barragem)

na encosta

adjective (situated on a mountainside) (situado em)

(locução adjetiva: Duas palavras juntas com função adjetiva. Normalmente, preposição+substantivo; preposição+advérbio.Ex. (estrada) de ferro = férrea; (dor) no abdômen = abdominal, etc.)
We started renting out our mountainside cottage.

encosta de cascalhos

noun (hillside with loose rocks)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)

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