aveso

Catalan

Verb

aveso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of avesar

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese avesso, from Latin āversus (contrary). Cognate with Portuguese avesso and Spanish avieso.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈβɛso̝/

Adjective

aveso (feminine avesa, masculine plural avesos, feminine plural avesas)

  1. evil, malicious
    Synonyms: atravesado, revirado, ruín
  2. contrary, opposite
    Synonyms: contrario, oposto

Noun

aveso m (plural avesos)

  1. contrary, opposite
    Synonyms: contrario, oposto
    • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 166:
      depoys começou a fazer o avesso delo
      later she began doing the opposite of this
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “avieso”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Etymology 2

Verb

aveso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of avesar