dorso

• IPA^(key): /ˈdorso/
• Rhymes: -orso

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dorso (accusative singular dorson, plural dorsoj, accusative plural dorsojn)

1. back (of body, hand, book, etc)

• IPA^(key): /ˈdorso/

dorso (plural dorsi)

1. back (of body, hand, book, etc.)

Borrowed from Latin dorsum; doublet of the inherited dosso.[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈdor.so/, (traditional) /ˈdɔr.so/[2]
• Rhymes: -orso, (traditional) -ɔrso
• Hyphenation: dór‧so, (traditional) dòr‧so

dorso m (plural dorsi)

1. back (of body, hand, book, etc.)
2. ridge, shoulder
3. (swimming) backstroke

• sordo

dorsō

1. dative/ablative singular of dorsum

Borrowed from Latin dorsum. Displaced the inherited dosso.

• Hyphenation: dor‧so

dorso m (plural dorsos)

1. back (the reverse side)

   Synonym: costas

2. spine (bound edge of a book)

Borrowed from Latin dorsum. Cf. also Dueso, which was inherited and found in place-names.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdoɾso/ [ˈd̪oɾ.so]
• Rhymes: -oɾso
• Syllabification: dor‧so

dorso m (plural dorsos)

1. (anatomy) back

   Synonym: espalda

2. (Mexico) backstroke

   Synonyms: espalda, estilo espalda

• “dorso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014