aback

Significado (Inglês)

Adv

1. (Geordie, archaic, not-comparable) Towards the back or rear; backwards.
2. (archaic, not-comparable) In the rear; a distance behind.
3. (not-comparable) By surprise; startled; dumbfounded. (see usage)
4. (not-comparable) Backward against the mast; said of the sails when pressed by the wind from the "wrong" (forward) side, or of a ship when its sails are set that way.

Noun

An inscribed stone square.

Conceitos

atrás

atraz

pelo contrario

por detraz ás avessas

para trás

trás

às avessas

de costas

de surpresa

detrás

surpreso

contrário

para

Sinônimos

bemused

backwards

back

🔙

backward

baffled

befogged

befuddled

behind

bewildered

confounded

😖

confused

😕

dazzled

disconcerted

disoriented

distracted

embarrassed

fazed

flabbergasted

muddleheaded

mystified

nonplussed

overawed

puzzled

rearward

stirred

astonied

gobsmacked

nonplused

rear wards

asswards

abaft

astounded

Traduções

προς τα πίσω

achterwaarts

rugwaarts

rückwärts

attònito

achteruit

en arrière

dietro

sorpreso

ξαφνικά

hinten

atrás

a collo

detrás

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/əˈbæk/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: abak

Herdado de inglês arcaico: onbæc

Cognato com frísio ocidental: tebek

Cognato com sueco: tillbaka

In summary

From Middle English abak, from Old English onbæc, equivalent to a- (“towards”) + back. Compare West Frisian tebek (“aback”, adverb, literally “to/at back”), Swedish tillbaka (idem.).