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Meaning of costa | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1
ˈkɔsta

Definitions

  1. side; flank
    masculine
  2. name of a large number of hamlets and villages all along Galicia
    feminine
  3. slope
    masculine
  4. a toponymical surname, Costa
    feminine
  5. coast
    masculine
  6. back
    in-plural, masculine

Equivalents

English coast shore slope
Kurdî slope

Examples

“ffazese nas costas do Cauallo hũa door que faz jnchaço grande et geerase daquel jnchaço carnes podres, et esto ven da sella que he maa ou do gran carrego que o preme moito, et aas vezes dura moito este jnchaço, fazese ende hũa peça de carne poçoenta que chega aos osos et sal vinino ou agooa.”

There appear in the sides of the horse an ache that produces a large swelling and that swelling creates rotten flesh, and this is because of the saddle, that is of poor quality, or from the large load that presses much, and sometimes this swelling last a long time; it then appears a piece of venomous flesh that reaches the bones and pus or water comes out

“Dóenme as costas”

My back hurts

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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