ele recua

backs up, moves backward

→ recuar
recu to back up, to move back, to retreat + a 2nd-person singular imperative / 3rd-person singular present
verb · third singular · present indicative Rare #39,256
backs up, moves backward
PO: O carro recua lentamente.
EN: The car backs up slowly.
Conjugation of recuar
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second recua —
Third recue recuem
Indicative present
SingularPlural
Third recua —

Celtics recua.

Celtics pull back.

— Drive (2011)

Recua e arremessa.

Step back and throw it.

— Um Cabra Bom de Bola (2026)

Recua.

Retreat.

Sem jogo, recua para Tafarel.

With nothing on, he plays it back to Tafarel.

— Carandiru (2003)