costa

Meaning

coast (shoreline)

Concepts

coast

shore

bank

🏦

seaside

beach

🏖️

seashore

strand

seacoast

slope

seaboard

coasts

side

vein

waterside

litoral

ascent

seabord

coastline

decline

escarp

incline

littoral

precipice

rake

sea-coast

shoreline

shores

Synonyms

margem

🏦

praia

🏖️

litoral

beira

encosta

ladeira

orla

declive

borda

ribanceira

orla marítima

declives

praias

subida

beira-mar

lado

riba

costela

vertente

Costa

Praias

rampa

Translations

costa

côte

costa

kust

costa

Ufer

ακτή

Küste

rive

🏦

παραλία

rivage

🏦

riva

🏦

Strand

🏖️

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɔs.tɐ/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: costa

In summary

From Latin costa (“side, rib”), in later and Medieval Latin coming to mean “edge” or “coast”. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kost-.

Sentences

O bacalhau é o principal negócio da costa norte .

Cod is the main business on the north coast.

Perto da montanha e da costa , é a terra do falaguera.

Close to the mountain and the coast, it is the land of the falaguera.