- backwards
- adverb1) (towards the back: He glanced backwards.) hacia atrás2) (with one's back facing the direction one is going in: The child walked backwards into a lamp-post.) de espaldas a3) (in the opposite way to that which is usual: Can you count from 1 to 10 backwards? (= starting at 10 and counting to 1).) al revésbackwards adv1. hacia atráshe was walking backwards caminaba hacia atrás2. al revésyou're doing it backwards lo estás haciendo al revésbackwards and forwards de acá para allábackwardstr['bækwədz]adverb1 hacia atrás■ she took a step backwards dio un paso hacia atrás2 (the wrong way) al revés■ he always does things backwards siempre hace las cosas al revés\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLbackwards and forwards de acá para alláa backwards and forwards motion un vaivénto move backwards retrocederto walk backwards andar de espaldasto fall backwards caerse de espaldasto know something backwards saber algo al dedilloto bend over backwards to do something hacer todo lo posible para hacer algo■ he bent over backwards to help us hizo todo lo posible para ayudarnosbackwardsadv.• al revés adv.• atrás adv.'bækwərdz, 'bækwədzadverb (esp BrE) backward II['bækwǝdz]ADV (esp Brit) = backward 2.* * *['bækwərdz, 'bækwədz]adverb (esp BrE) backward II
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.