Back

"Back" in Italian

arretrato

(not current)

di dietro

(near the rear)

posteriore

(near the rear)

posteriore

(phonetics: produced in the back of the mouth)

secondario

(away from the main area)

a posto

(to or in a previous condition or place)

indietro

(to or in a previous condition or place)

indietro

(away from the front or from an edge)

dietro

(the reverse side)

dietro

(the part of something that goes last)

difensore

(a position behind most players on the team)

dorso

(the rear of body)

fondo

(that which is farthest away from the front)

fondo

(the part of something that goes last)

retro

(the reverse side)

rovescio

(the reverse side)

schiena

(the rear of body)

terzino

(a position behind most players on the team)

appoggiare

(to support)

fare marcia indietro

(to go in the reverse direction)

indietreggiare

(to go in the reverse direction)

sostenere

(to support)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.