costa

1. (masculine) side; flank
2. (masculine) slope
3. (masculine) coast
4. (in-plural, masculine) back

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɔsta̝/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: costa

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese costa, from Latin costa, from Proto-Indo-European *kost-.

Sentences

Está situada na costa do Río Negro .

It is located on the coast of the Black River.

Ela tiña un pazo de verán na costa sur ó que iamos con frecuencia .

She had a summer break on the south coast that we used to go to often.

Tamén é posible que haxa contactos precolombianos entre Pascua e a costa de Chile .

It is also possible that there are pre-Columbian contacts between Easter and the Chilean coast.

O arao nada fronte a costa en grandes masas baixo os cantís.

The Arao does not face the coast in large masses under the cliffs.

Os iberos estendéronse ao longo da costa mediterránea da Península Ibérica .

The Iberians spread along the Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula.