backwater-remanso: meaning, definitions and translations

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What is backwater? backwater is remanso

What is remanso?

  • Water held or pushed back by or as if by a dam or current.

    Agua retenida o empujada hacia atrás por o como si fuera por una presa o corriente.

  • A body of water thus formed.
  • A place or situation regarded as isolated, stagnant, or backward: "The running of family fortunes has always been a backwater—albeit a lucrative one—of the investment management business” ( Business Week).
  • A rowing or paddling stroke in which the oar or paddle is pushed forward, used to check a boat's forward motion or move it backward.

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