trás

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tras"

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese trás.

Adverb

trás

1. behind

References

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

Macanese

Alternative forms

• trâs (rare)

Etymology

From Portuguese trás.

Adverb

trás

1. behind

   mám pa trás ― idle-handed; lazy person (literally, “hand at the behind”)

   seguí trás ― to go behind; to accompany

2. after

   corê trás ― to follow (literally, “to run after”)

3. back-, rear

   porta-trás ― back door

   risca di trás ― back row

   vánda di trás ― rear part

Derived terms

• 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

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾa(j)s/ [ˈtɾa(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾa(j)s/ [ˈtɾa(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾa(j)ʃ/ [ˈtɾa(ɪ̯)ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾaʃ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -as, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -aʃ, (Brazil) -ajs, (Rio de Janeiro) -ajʃ
• Homophones: traz, trais (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: trás

Etymology 1

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

Preposition

trás

1. (dated, also Mozambique) behind

   Synonym: atrás

   Antonym: na frente

Derived terms

• trasanteontem
• Trás-os-Montes
• para trás

Etymology 2

Verb

trás

1. Misspelling of traz.