recostado
Portuguese, adjective/ʁe.kosˈta.du/
recostado is spelled R-E-C-O-S-T-A-D-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese, the 132,552nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Recostado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “leaning back” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of recostar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “encostado”.
What does recostado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
leaning back
verb
- 1
past participle of recostar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. encostado 2. reclinado 3. meio deitado
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of recostado
- recostada feminine
- recostados masculine plural
- recostadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce recostado?
- Brazil /ʁe.kosˈta.du/
- Brazil [he.kosˈta.du]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is recostado in Portuguese?
recostado appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).