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revés

Principal Translations
Spanish		English
revés nm	(acontecimiento adverso)	setback, hitch n
		mishap n
		misfortune n
	El empresario nunca pudo superar aquel revés y ese fue el comienzo de su caída.
	The businessman suffered a serious setback and that was the beginning of his downfall.
revés nm	(lado: reverso)	back n
	¿Qué dice en el revés de esta hoja?
revés nm	(golpe de tenis) (sports: tennis)	backhand n
	Nadal respondió al saque con un revés que le dio el triunfo.
	Nadal returned the serve with backhand that won him the game.

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Compound Forms:
Spanish		English
al revés loc adv	(al contrario)	backwards adv
		inside out prep
		upside down prep
		reversed, turned around adj
	Ten cuidado: si pones el filtro al revés, puedes estropear la máquina.
	Be careful: if you put the filter in backwards you can damage the machine.
	ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. The color pattern looks bad, I want it reversed.
al revés de loc prep	(al contrario de)	contrary to adj + adv
		as opposed to prep
	Al revés de lo que todos creíamos, Juan terminó siendo un jefe excelente.
	Contrary to what we all believed, Juan turned out to be an excellent boss.
al revés de la milanesa loc adv	AR, UY: coloquial (al contrario)	to the contrary adv
		the other way round adv
al revés del pepino loc adv	AR: coloquial (contrariamente a lo esperado)	like the tail wagging the dog expr
dejar del revés a alguien loc verb	(confundir a alguien)	confuse [sb]⇒ vtr
	(formal)	confound [sb]⇒ vtr
sufrir un revés loc verb	(tener un contratiempo)	suffer a setback, experience a setback, have a setback v expr
	Martín sufrió un revés durante su viaje a Europa y tuvo que demorar su regreso.
	Martin suffered a setback on his trip to Europe and had to delay his return.
volver del revés vtr + loc adv	(voltear algo)	turn inside out v expr
		turn upside down v expr
	Pinta las tablas por un lado, déjalas secar y vuélvelas del revés para pintarlas por el otro lado.

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