contraforte

Portuguese

Noun

contraforte m (plural contrafortes)

(architecture) buttress (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it)
buttress (feature jutting out from mountain)
buttress (anything that serves to support something else)

Synonyms

(structure built to support): botaréu

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