trás

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Kabuverdianu

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Etymology

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From Portuguese trás.

Adverb

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trás

  1. behind

References

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  • Quint, Nicolas (2003) Parlons capverdien : langue et culture, →ISBN, page 273

Macanese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Portuguese trás.

Adverb

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trás

  1. behind
    mám pa trásidle-handed; lazy person (literally, “hand at the behind”)
    seguí trásto go behind; to accompany
  2. after
    corê trásto follow (literally, “to run after”)
  3. back-, rear
    porta-trásback door
    risca di trásback row
    vánda di trásrear part

Derived terms

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  • trás di ôtro (one after the other, literally after of other)
  • trás di porta (very near; behind closed doors, illegitimate (w.r.t. children), literally behind of door)

References

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin trāns (across, beyond), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- (through, throughout, over). Doublet of trans-.

Preposition

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trás

  1. (dated, also Mozambique) behind
    Synonym: atrás
    Antonym: na frente
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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trás

  1. Misspelling of traz.