aback

aback - English

aback (not comparable)

(archaic) Towards the back or rear; backwards.
(archaic) In the rear; a distance behind.
By surprise; startled; dumbfounded. (see usage)
(nautical) 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.

Afan Oromo: rifachuu (om), nahuu (om), na'uu (om)
Arabic: إِلَى اَلْخَلْف‎ (ʔilā l-ḵalf)
Bengali: পেছন দিকে (pechon dike), অবাক (bn) (obak)
Bulgarian: назад (bg) (nazad), заднишком (bg) (zadniškom)
Czech: zpět (cs)
Danish: baglæns
Dutch: achterwaarts (nl), rugwaarts (nl)
Estonian: tagasi (et), tagaspidi, tagurpidi
Finnish: takaisin (fi), taaksepäin (fi)
French: en arrière (fr)
German: rückwärts (de)
Greek: προς τα πίσω (pros ta píso)
Hindi: पीछ॓ की ओर (archaic), बोचक्क (bocakk)
Italian: indietro (it)
Japanese: 後方へ (ja) (kōhō e)
Kazakh: артқа (kk) (artqa)
Norwegian: bakk (no)
Persian: جاخوردن‎, یکه خوردن‎ (fa), غافلگیرشدن‎
Polish: wstecz (pl), do tyłu (pl)
Portuguese: atrás (pt), para trás
Russian: наза́д (ru) (nazád)
Scottish Gaelic: air ais
Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: у̀наза̄д, на̏за̄д, на̏тра̄г
- Roman: ùnazād (sh), nȁzād (sh), nȁtrāg (sh)
Slovak: naspäť
Spanish: atrás (es), hacia atrás
Swedish: bakåt (sv)
Turkish: geriye
Ukrainian: наза́д (nazád)

aback (plural abacks)

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