Meanings (ES + gloss)
de atrás • posterior • trasero
At or near the rear.
Go in the back door of the house.
Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally vi…
anterior • atrasado • viejo
Not current.
I’d like to find a back issue of that magazine.
apartado • arrinconado • distante
Situated away from the main or most frequented areas.
He lives out in the back country.
They took a back road.
Meanings (ES + gloss)
de regreso • de vuelta • hacia atrás
To or in a previous condition or place.
He gave back the money.
I left my mobile phone back at the hotel. I’ll have to go back and get it.
arredro • atrás
Away from the front or from an edge.
Sit all the way back in your chair.
Step back from the curb.
Phrases
Meanings (ES + gloss)
espaldar • respaldo
The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
Can you fix the back of this chair?
envés • reverso • revés
That which is farthest away from the front.
I hung the clothes on the back of the door.
cabo • extremo • fondo
That which is farthest away from the front.
The car was near the back of the train.
defensa
That which is farthest away from the front.
The backs were lined up in an I formation.
[…]Rovers were also aided by some poor defending from West Brom, whose lapses at the back undid their excellent work on the ball and condemned Roberto di Matteo's Baggies side to a…
Phrases
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Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
dar marcha atrás • ir marcha atrás • retroceder
To go in the reverse direction.
The horse refuses to back.
The train backed into the station.
respaldar • sostener
To support.
I back you all the way.
Which horse are you backing in this race?
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