backwards

UK: /ˈbæk.wədz/ US: /-wə`dz/

Translation

adv

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⇨ hacia atrás

Careful you don't fall backwards

Cuidado, no te caigas hacia atrás

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⇨ hacia atrás

⇨ de atrás hacia delante

Can you say the alphabet backwards, from Z to A?

¿Puedes decir el alfabeto de atrás hacia delante, desde la Z hasta la A?

backwards and forwards

⇨ de un lado para otro

(Definition of backwards adv from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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